Co-creation through science and the arts

The presentation draws on experiences from project using co-creation as an approach to engage with users and citizens by research collaboration and through artistic work. This includes research studies involving citizens and service providers in search for new mobility services in the project Mistra Sustainable Accessibility and Mobility Services (Mistra SAMS) and co-creative work between scientist and artists in development of a contribution to an art exhibition entitled ”Symbiosis” focusing on water infrastructures in the urban context. The latter example included dialogues discussing urban climate change challenges and adaptation responses with local policy-makers, engineering students and visitors. Experiences from these projects, with focus on the Swedish context, are contrasted with the project Econavipesca, involving local community representatives and universities in Colombia, applying co-creation as a strategy for local community dialogues.

About Katarina Larsen

Katarina Larsen is a researcher at KTH, Div. History of Science, Technology and Environment. Areas of research interest includes co-creation and climate strategies, organizational studies of higher education institutions, including Centres of Excellence (CoE). She has been a visiting scholar at The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford University, Nordic Institute for Studies in innovation, research and education (NIFU), Bocconi University in Italy and National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) in Japan. Larsen is a research affiliate of the KTH Climate Action Centre and worked with JPI Urban Europe as researcher in residence at the Swedish Centre for Innovation and Quality in the Built Environment. Teaching activities includes areas of organizational studies, history of technology in Stockholm, urban transformation and local climate strategies.