Co-Production of Knowledge Panel

Chairs: Kevin Orr, Mara Gorli

The panel session embraces the conference theme of authorship in practice and invites a panel of academics and practitioners to come together to discuss aspects of co-producing knowledge.

 Invited Practitioners:

Mike Bennett – Consultant. Public Sector field

Alessandra Rizzi – Head of Learning and Development, Assicurazioni Generali, Italy. Private Insurance field

Invited Academics:

Chiara  Guglielmetti – Assistant Professor in Social Psychology at Università degli Studi di Milano. OLKC Conference Paper: “When patients become co-producers: co-authorship or apparent participation?” with co-authors Silvia Gilardi; Maddelena  Sorrentino; Marta Marsilio

Yrjö  Engeström – Professor in Adult Education & Director of the Center for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research at University of Helsinki. OLKC Conference Paper:  “Carnivalization as a mode of collaboration and learning between service providers and their clients” with co-authors Päivikki Lahtinen; Anu Kajamaa.

Discussants:

Elena Panzera – HR Director, SAS, Italy. Technology, innovation and knowledge field

Giuseppe Scaratti – Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano

Program:

4.00 – 4.10:         Opening remarks from the Chairs and introduction of participants and format
4.10 – 4.40:         Academic and Practitioner Perspectives: two invited Practitioners and two Academics dialogue on

• How do we see the coproduction of knowledge in our context? What have been our experiences of it?
• How would we assess the opportunities offered by this relational mode of working?
• What challenges does coproducing knowledge present to participants in the process? And what strategies are there for negotiating these challenges?
• Looking ahead, how would we envisage coproduction developing in your arena?

4.40 -5.10:          General Discussion
5.10 – 5.30:         Reflections from Discussants and Conclusions