Co-creation of innovation between higher education students and actors in public, private and the third sector

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, we shall introduce Care Innovations Arena (CIA), a novel transdisciplinary open innovation learning environment. Secondly, we shall explore the application of the CIA in two different open-innovation projects and compare the outcomes. The focus will be on co-creative innovation production processes carried out in a cooperation between higher education and actors from public, private and the third sector.