TY - JOUR
T1 - CO-DESIGN-ing a more context-based, pluralistic, and participatory future for public administration
AU - Schwoerer, Kayla
AU - Keppeler, Florian
AU - Mussagulova, Assel
AU - Puello, Stephanie
N1 - The authors wish to thank Dr. Elizabeth Linos, Dr. Noortje de Boer, and Dr. Anat Gofen for their valuable and constructive comments on an early draft of this article presented at the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) 2021 Annual Conference. We are also grateful to Dr. Bruce McDonald who graciously invited us to contribute our ideas to the 100th Anniversary Issue of Public Administration and trusted us implicitly in the development of this manuscript. We also appreciate the insightful comments and suggestions from two anonymous reviewers who provided feedback during the review process. The authors do not believe there to be any conflict of interest.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Public administration (PA) increasingly faces new and emerging challenges. To address such challenges, researchers can work collaboratively with practitioners to identify and tackle the most pressing issues. Yet, intentionally establishing an ongoing dialogue not only between researchers and practitioners but between researchers, practitioners, and the communities that PA scholarship and practice are intended to impact can enhance all stakeholders' understanding of complex social problems and improve solutions. Forms of participatory and context-based research such as this are called many things across disciplines, but PA has yet to embrace such approaches fully. Thus, we introduce a framework entitled CO-DESIGN, intended to illustrate the process of advancing PA research through the co-production of knowledge between researchers, practitioners, and communities. Additionally, it serves as an acronym outlining eight focal areas we argue the co-production of knowledge can help advance. We discuss the CO-DESIGN process and agenda, including its implications for the field.
AB - Public administration (PA) increasingly faces new and emerging challenges. To address such challenges, researchers can work collaboratively with practitioners to identify and tackle the most pressing issues. Yet, intentionally establishing an ongoing dialogue not only between researchers and practitioners but between researchers, practitioners, and the communities that PA scholarship and practice are intended to impact can enhance all stakeholders' understanding of complex social problems and improve solutions. Forms of participatory and context-based research such as this are called many things across disciplines, but PA has yet to embrace such approaches fully. Thus, we introduce a framework entitled CO-DESIGN, intended to illustrate the process of advancing PA research through the co-production of knowledge between researchers, practitioners, and communities. Additionally, it serves as an acronym outlining eight focal areas we argue the co-production of knowledge can help advance. We discuss the CO-DESIGN process and agenda, including its implications for the field.
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U2 - 10.1111/padm.12828
DO - 10.1111/padm.12828
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85123941607
SN - 0033-3298
VL - 100
SP - 72
EP - 97
JO - Public Administration
JF - Public Administration
IS - 1
ER -