Stephen Osborne (Edinburgh): It takes two to tango?

This presentation proposes an important theoretical development for our understanding of the co-production of public services.  It combines the insights from both public administration and services management theory to produce a novel typology of co-production. This clarifies its role at the operational and strategic levels, as well as its potential for transformational change in public services. Understanding co-production in this way provides a basis through which to explore a whole range of dimensions of co-production that were previously undifferentiated.   The presentation will explore these and their implications for research, policy and practice.