On Co-Creation

Authors

  • Andrew Dubber Senior Researcher and Steering Board Member, Industry Commons Foundation, Vasagatan 7, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden
  • Michela Magas Chair and Director of Research and Innovation, Industry Commons Foundation, Vasagatan 7, 111 20 Stockholm, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2026.1931

Keywords:

Co-creation, CIJ, Editorial, Special Issue

Abstract

It is hard to imagine a better home for an issue on co-creation than this journal. CERN is itself among the great standing demonstrations of co-creation: between nation-states, between disciplines - art and science meeting at the highest levels - in pursuit of the smallest constituents of the natural world and their own powerful interactions. Its commitment to Open Science extends the collaboration across time and distance to people who will never visit Geneva. That practice runs through this issue too.

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Published

2026-09-16

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Dubber, A., & Magas, M. (2026). On Co-Creation. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 10(2), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2026.1931

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue on Co-Creation

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Opening

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