Follow us @CoVAL_eu

Follow us

Our Blog

Home   >   Blog

Co-VAL at the CC-11 Cluster and linked EU eGovernment initiatives & FuturGov2030 workshop

Cultural-Cooperation-11 Cluster event

Co-VAL at the CC-11 Cluster and linked EU eGovernment initiatives & FuturGov2030 workshop

On the 8th of October 2018 Co-VAL representative took part to the Cultural-Cooperation-11 Cluster and linked EU eGovernment initiatives meeting aimed at fostering the creation of a network and the exchange of knowledge among the Horizon 2020 projects funded under the call CULT-COOP-2017. In the meeting, organised by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission, representatives […]

Read more

Bringing the user perspective to the fore

The Co-VAL consortium members are rather active in studying co-creation. A solid proof of that matter is the “Bringing the user perspective to the fore” article of , Professor Dr. Ines Mergel, (Dpt of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany), as published in the Innovative Verwaltung journal, the specialist medium for […]

Read more
Co-VAL needs you in Milan

We need you in Milan!

Wanted: Research fellow in Public Administration, Public Policy, Management or related Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi” of Milan seeks for an enthusiastic Research Fellow to join their team working on «Co-VAL: Understanding Value Co-Creation in Public Services for Transforming European Public Administrations», an EU H2020 project. The contract’s duration is set to 24 months and the […]

Read more
Join the Co-VAL team

Join the Co-VAL team!

Two 50% positions on digital transformation and innovation labs are now open! The Department of Political and Administrative Science at the University of Konstanz will offer two half-day positions as academic employee (salary group 13 TV-L) for a period of 2 years. Applicants are required to own an academic degree with an excellent master’s degree […]

Read more

Services in innovation networks and innovation networks in services

RESER is an interdisciplinary European network of social scientists linked by a common interest in service industries and their territorial expression. The annual RESER research conference provides a unique opportunity for the exchange of ideas concerning the cutting edge of service research and is open to all researchers interested in these topics.  The in Gothenburg […]

Read more
3rd Co-VAL Plenary Meeting In Konstanz

3rd Co-VAL Plenary Meeting in Konstanz

The 3rd Co-VAL Plenary Meeting will take place in Konstanz (Germany) from the 26th to the 28th of September 2018. The main objectives of the Meeting are the following: Ensure partner responsibilities, activities and tasks outputs are aligned; Clarify open questions to be answered; Review of the time plan and delivery in due time of the […]

Read more

A review of how to encourage employee engagement

During last August, the 13th biennial Norddesign Conference was held in Linköping, Sweden. Norddesign is a biennial Nordic conference, covering design, design engineering and design education in its full width. Topics include engineering, manufacturing, aesthetics, emotions, ergonomics, sustainability, and business.  The main theme of the 2018 conference was ‘design in the era of digitalization’, which […]

Read more
Samos Summit and Summer School

Co-VAL at 2018 Samos Summer School

On the 4th of July 2018 Doctor Francesco Mureddu, associate director at the Lisbon Council and responsible for WP7 – Policy implications for public sector transformation and WP9 – Sustainable Policy Impact, presented the Co-VAL project at the 2018 Samos Summit and Summer School during his lecture on Digital Transformation of Public Administration. The 8th […]

Read more

Changing public service delivery: learning in co-creation

Co-creation is often explained as the method where citizens and public organizations work together to deal with societal issues. This method has been proven over the years, a fertile solution for various public service delivery problems. During a co-creation initiative, citizens actively engage in transforming public administration and in building resilient societies. W. Voorberg, V. […]

Read more

Citizen-oriented digital transformation in the public sector

  The Digital Government Society (DGS) announces the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research – dg.o 2018, with a theme: “Governance in the data age”. The dg.o 2018 conference will be hosted by Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Within the scope of the conference, Professor Dr. Ines Mergel, (Dpt of Politics […]

Read more