European connections 4: Promoting participation and co-creation

It is easy to co-create with small or medium size organizations. But when the total student body is approximately 123,000 students and a combined number of staff is about 11,000 employees the challenge of co-creating rises to the next level. These numbers are huge - and still there is drive to co-create. How can it be done with success? Why is it important to put effort into it? And what do Legos have to do with it all? In this European connection podcast Minna Kaihovirta discusses with Dymphna Snijders Blok. European connections is a podcast with meaningful conversations about European University Alliances and how they deepen European collaboration. It is produced by the U!REKA European University. Dymphna Snijders Blok, Institutional Lead U!REKA, University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam Dymphna Snijders Blok is the coordinator of transformation into a European University at University of Applied Sciences Amsterdam. She is a co-author of a boardgame about inequality of opportunity called IQ110. Minna Kaihovirta, Manager of Dialoque, Metropolia UAS Minna Kaihovirta is an enabler of dialogue and a strong advocate of a participatory approach. She is Vice Head of Communication at Metropolia UAS and part of the Communications Group of U!REKA European University. Manuscript: Minna Kaihovirta