Making Co-production Sustainable

Caitlin McMullin is Associate Professor at Roskilde University and Research Fellow at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Sanna Tuurnas is Director and Adjunct Professor in Administrative Sciences at Tampere University. Leon Acar is Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University and Fellow at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven.

• Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on the Sustainability of Co‑production1. From Short-Term Value to Lasting Social Change – Caitlin McMullin, Trui Steen and Sanna TuurnasPart 2: Sustainable Co‑production as a Scalable Action2. Sustaining Co‑production Through Design: Meta‑Design as a Conceptual and Practical Framework in Service Systems – Sofi Perikangas3. Co‑production as a Scalable Strategy for Migrant Integration: A Case Study on Neighbourhood Mothers in the Nordic Countries – Kjersti Tandberg and Hilde Svrljuga Sætre4. Sustainable Co‑creation in the Public Sector: Including the Social and Ethical Aspects of Digital Co‑creation – Noella Edelmann5. Sustaining and Scaling Co‑production: Findings from a Homeless Service Provider in Amsterdam – Menno Hoppen6. How Did We Get Here? An Empirical Description of the Paths of Sustainability of Co‑production Processes – Hessel Bos and Taco BrandsenPart 3: Sustainable Co‑production as Evidence‑Based Activity7. Co‑evaluation: The Ugly Duckling of the ‘Co’ Public Service Cycle – Nanna Møller Mortensen8. Evaluating the Sustainability of Co‑created Crime Prevention Initiatives: A Mixed‑Methods Approach – Andreas Hagedorn Krogh and Jacob Torfing9. Co‑production as a Medium for Transformative Change: Building Collective Capabilities Through Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation – Alex Pazaitis and Veiko Lember10. Performance Management of Co‑production Strategies and Initiatives – Elke LoefflerPart 4: Strategy and Institutional Support for Sustainable Co‑production11. Institutionalizing Service Users’ Experiential Knowledge in Public Services – Kaisa Kurkela, Aino Rantamäki, Salla Maijala and Anna‑Aurora Kork12. Maintaining Integrity: How the Leadership Roles of Street‑Level Bureaucrats Matter for Sustaining Co‑production in Challenging Environments – Mansur Muhammad Bello, Léon Acar and Joris Voets13. Overcoming Barriers: Examining the Challenges to Sustainable Knowledge Co‑creation in Policing and Public Safety in the City of Cape Town – Jan Wilhelm, Mary Mangai and Austin Ayodele14. Institutional Framework for Sustainable Co‑production Through a Community Cooperative – Sofi Perikangas and Mio DambataPart 5: Concluding Chapter15. Conclusions and Recommendations for More Sustainable Approaches to Co‑production – Caitlin McMullin, Sanna Tuurnas and Léon Acar