This paper aims at understanding if prototyping brings uncertainty in co-creation approaches in design for policy, and if this uncertainty might hinder policymakers’ engagement in the process. To do so, a qualitative research was carried out within the frame of SISCODE (G.A. n. 788217), an H2020 project focused on understanding co-creation as a bottom-up and design-driven phenomenon to design policies. The need to solve wicked problems and close the gap between policy design and its implementation is demanding public institutions to be more flexible and anticipate to possible and unknown outcomes (Corsín, 2014). These conditions have enabled new approaches for policy design to emerge, such as design for policy; where design thinking principles and methodologies, as prototyping, offer alternatives to address public issues. However, prototyping faces challenges in the policymaking context; one is dealing with the uncertainty. This paper seeks to understand if this uncertainty can act as a barrier for policymakers’ engagement and, if it is, how can this barrier be overcome from the perspective of organizations that are willing to implement process of co-creation in Responsible Research Innovation as the SISCODE co-creation labs.

PROTOTYPING IN DESIGN FOR POLICY: UNCERTAINTY AND POLICYMAKERS’ ENGAGEMENT

Rizzo F.
2020-01-01

Abstract

This paper aims at understanding if prototyping brings uncertainty in co-creation approaches in design for policy, and if this uncertainty might hinder policymakers’ engagement in the process. To do so, a qualitative research was carried out within the frame of SISCODE (G.A. n. 788217), an H2020 project focused on understanding co-creation as a bottom-up and design-driven phenomenon to design policies. The need to solve wicked problems and close the gap between policy design and its implementation is demanding public institutions to be more flexible and anticipate to possible and unknown outcomes (Corsín, 2014). These conditions have enabled new approaches for policy design to emerge, such as design for policy; where design thinking principles and methodologies, as prototyping, offer alternatives to address public issues. However, prototyping faces challenges in the policymaking context; one is dealing with the uncertainty. This paper seeks to understand if this uncertainty can act as a barrier for policymakers’ engagement and, if it is, how can this barrier be overcome from the perspective of organizations that are willing to implement process of co-creation in Responsible Research Innovation as the SISCODE co-creation labs.
2020
Proceedings of ICERI. 13th International conference of Education, Research and Innovation
978-84-09-24232-0
Design for policy, RRI, prototyping, codesign, piloting.
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