CO-DESIGN-ing a more context-based, pluralistic, and participatory future for public administration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Schwoerer, Kayla; Keppeler, Florian; Mussagulova, Assel; Puello, Stephanie
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Rutgers University Newark; Zeppelin University; Singapore University of Technology & Design; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12828
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 72-97
• 关键词: critical race theory; field experiments; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; sector innovation; policy design; big data; community; service; coproduction; perceptions

摘要

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.