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Knowledge Conditions in the Co-creation of Social Innovation: A Theory-driven Review

Juan Pablo Centeno

Administration and Society2025https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251334810review
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Abstract

Co-creation is an emerging form of collaborative governance enabling multi-source knowledge integration to tackle societal challenges. Yet, conceptualisations of the role of knowledge in co-creation remain scarce. In search of lessons on this matter, this article conducts a literature review, producing the outline of a heuristic that captures how the alignment of knowledge conditions explains the co-creation of social innovations. The proposed heuristic challenges deterministic accounts of knowledge in co-creation as a mere input/resource by shedding light on its cognitive, performative, relational, and contextual dimensions. This approach suggests further exploring network structures of knowledge circulation, social innovation pathways, and knowledge practices in co-creation processes.

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@article{juan2025,
  title        = {{Knowledge Conditions in the Co-creation of Social Innovation: A Theory-driven Review}},
  author       = {Juan Pablo Centeno},
  journal      = {Administration and Society},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251334810},
}

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0.41

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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