Co-construction in the field of social welfare
As industrial doctoral research network, COCOSO is dedicated to participation and co-construction as a core dimension of democracy and innovation in social welfare. COCOSO is designed to address the pressing demand for meaningful and efficient participation of citizens involved in social services and policies: people with experience of using social services, practitioners, decision and policy-makers. Citizens experiencing welfare systems are often subject to one or several factors of inequality and vulnerability, which directly or indirectly hinders their participation
What does a « Industrial Doctoral Network » mean?
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network is a training and research program developed by a consortium of European and international universities, research institutes, infrastructures, companies, and other socioeconomic actors.
This program provides high-quality training to recruited doctoral students by increasing transferable skills that enhance their employability and innovative potential beyond academia. Through Industrial Doctorates, doctoral candidates will step outside academia and develop skills in industry and business by being jointly supervised by academic and non-academic organisations. Although all research areas are eligible for funding, few Industrial Doctoral Networks focus on the social sciences and humanities. Cocoso provides PhD students with training under the joint supervision of non-governmental and public sector partners across Europe.
Consortium
This doctoral network is implemented by a consortium composed by six universities and 15 partners based in Europe.
Research projects
To reach the targeted objectives, this Doctoral network is organized into 4 main work packages
This work package aims to investigate understandings of the notion of co-construction among stakeholders in the field.
Within this workpackage, doctoral candidates will experiment and evaluate ways of embedding co-construction in policies and services.
This work package addresses the impact of gender and intersectional factors on co-construction and ways to fight inequalities and crises in decision-making participation.
This workpackage is dedicated to the potential of digital technologies to include practitioners and vulnerable citizens in co-construction processes.
Doctoral candidates
At the heart of this doctoral network, 15 doctoral candidates from social work, education, and the human and social sciences work together to make research matter. Their diverse backgrounds make the project stronger and more relevant.
