This workshop is designed to provide an opportunity for researchers working in the fields of sustainability, collaborative governance, co-creation and public leadership to engage in productive dialogues with Professor Jacob Torfing and Professor Eva Sørensen. They welcome questions relating to your research, for example regarding the application of relevant concepts and theories, refining your research questions and methodology. Depending on the stage of your studies/career, you might also be interested in finding out more about their experiences with conducting interactive research, applying for research funding, publishing research findings and managing cross-institutional research networks.

Visiting professor Jacob Torfing is an award-winning and decorated full professor in politics and institutions at Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University. He is the founder and director of the Roskilde School of Governance (previously known as the Centre for Democratic Network Governance). Recently, he was awarded the Danish degree of Doctor Scientiarum Administrationis. He is a scientific expert in the fields of network governance, co-creation, public innovation, policy reform, institutional theory, and discourse analysis. He has chaired the Danish Political Science Association (DPSA), been a long-term member of the Danish Social Science Research Council and served at the Executive Committee of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR). He has published 31 books and more than 350 journal articles, book chapters and research communications that together have generated more than 25,000 Google Scholar citations (h-index 63).

Visiting professor Eva Sørensen is professor in public administration and democracy at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. She is co-founder of the research unit, Roskilde School of Governance and she has been principal investigator of several large scale research projects and is currently part of the leadership of three projects of which one is funded by the EU. She has published several books and articles addressing issues related to public sector innovation and leadership. Her expertise is in public administration and political science, and academic interests are in public sector leadership and public innovation with particular focus on the interplay between public and private actors.