Marie Skłodowska-Curie Industrial Doctoral Network
Shaping social welfare, together.
Co-construction in the field of social welfare: 15 doctoral candidates, 6 universities and 15 partners across Europe, researching how citizens, practitioners and decision-makers can build services and policies together.
Our mission
COCOSO is dedicated to participation and co-construction as a core dimension of democracy and innovation in social welfare — so that people who use social services, practitioners and policy-makers can take part in the decisions that shape their lives.
The network
What does an Industrial Doctoral Network mean?
A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network is a training and research programme developed by a consortium of European and international universities, research institutes, companies and other socio-economic actors.
Few Industrial Doctoral Networks focus on the social sciences and humanities. COCOSO trains PhD students under the joint supervision of non-governmental and public sector partners across Europe.
Joint supervision
Every candidate is co-supervised by an academic institution and a non-academic organisation.
Beyond academia
Candidates step outside the university and build skills alongside NGOs and public services.
Employability & innovation
High-quality training that strengthens transferable skills and innovative potential.
Research projects
Four work packages,
one shared ambition.
To reach its objectives, the doctoral network is organised into four main work packages — from shared understanding to digital participation.
A common understanding of co-construction
Investigating how stakeholders in the field understand the notion of co-construction.
Explore WP1 02Co-construction in policies & services
Experimenting with and evaluating ways of embedding co-construction in policies and services.
Explore WP2 03Include diversity in co-construction
Addressing gender and intersectional factors, and fighting inequalities in decision-making participation.
Explore WP3 04Digital tools for participation
Exploring how digital technologies can include practitioners and vulnerable citizens in co-construction.
Explore WP4How it works
From method to objective
Doctoral candidates
15 researchers.
One network.
From social work, education and the human and social sciences, they work together to make research matter. Their diverse backgrounds make the project stronger and more relevant.
Blogs
Stories from the field
Consortium
A consortium across Europe.
6 universities and 15 partners from the non-governmental and public sectors, working side by side.
Let’s co-construct together.
Questions, partnerships, events or training — the COCOSO team would love to hear from you.
