In this introductory article to the special issue 'Co-Design and the public realm', we discuss a
common interest in how meso-and macro-political institutional contexts frame and are …

In recent years, participatory design (PD) has increasingly occurred in the context of various
public, private, governmental, and non-governmental institutions operating in the public …

With the concept of infrastructuring as a background for our reflections, this paper focuses on
two complementary verbifications have entered the PD vocabulary: institutioning, which …

This conceptual paper discusses the use of Co-Design approaches in the public realm by
examining the emergence of a design practice, prototyping, in public policy-making. We …

Today we can see new policies that suggest more participatory models to address societal
challenges. The interest in design and different forms of urban labs is also increasing. This …

A significant shortcoming in contemporary deliberative systems is that citizens are
disconnected from various elite sites of public deliberation. This article explores the concept …

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 …

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 …

What does it mean to design democratic innovation from a deliberative systems
perspective? The demand of the deliberative systems approach that we turn from the single …

In the context of participatory processes, facilitation is the craft of enabling collective work
through conversations that are inclusive, meaningful and productive (Escobar, 2011) …