Participatory design (PD) has become increasingly engaged in public spheres and everyday
life and is no longer solely concerned with the workplace. This is not only a shift from work …

Participatory design has become increasingly engaged in public spheres and everyday life
and is no longer solely concerned with the workplace. This is not only a shift from work …

In recent years, various critiques of participative approaches to design processes have been
presented. Participatory urban planning has been subject to a specific form of criticism …

In the discourse of service design, terms such as platforms, transformation and co-creation
have become part of what seems to be an emergent lingua franca. In the participatory …

This paper examines the need for large-scale, sustainable changes, and the effects of
citizens' active participation and design co-operating to realise such changes. Section 1 …

• A concern that participatory design has been depoliticized, dropping its original
commitments to democracy and dialogue in favor of more consumer-oriented methods• …

Highlights•Assessing challenges in participatory design emphasising political dimensions.•
Dimensions of participatory design engagement for sustainable social change.•Impact of …

Co-creation has become a globally popular concept in different sectors of the society. Its
promise lies in breaking down hierarchies between local government, business life …

In this study, we address the role of Participatory Design (PD) in emerging public sector
governance forms and, more specifically, civic engagement and we-government initiatives …

This article discusses the idea of city as a platform. The analysis focuses on the forms and
implications of citizen involvement in publicly-supported participatory innovation platforms …