NEW: Specialization in
modular co-creation

- Become a specialist in tackling solution ambiguity in wild problems

Are you and your organization facing wild problems where you don't know the solutions? Big societal problems that many have struggled with for years without getting a grip on them? Then become a specialist in modular co-creation. Experts Jacob Torfing and Eva Sørensen, together with INVI's team, will teach you how to design and lead co-creation processes that develop and roll out innovative solution modules that are both adaptable to local contexts and scalable.

Dealing with wildlife issues requires different solutions than the ones we typically resort to. Take the local Green Tripartite: When local actors need to collaborate on land conversion that addresses climate change, biodiversity, local recreational opportunities and production considerations, standard solutions are rarely applicable. Each local area has unique needs, actors, opportunities and landscape. At the same time, methods and learning across the country are needed to achieve the necessary scale.

Wild problems are too big for any one department, organization or discipline to solve. Instead, we need to go into the lab and explore, develop and test solution elements - together and across organizations, implementation stages and disciplines. Instead of rolling out a chrome-plated solution all at once, initiatives need to be continuously pressure-tested and adjusted. But how do we do this without wasting resources on reinventing the wheel in every neighborhood or for every individual? How do we transfer experiences across initiatives and make it easier to build an initiative?

In INVI's modular co-creation specialization, you will learn to co-create modules that can be transferred to other contexts and combined in different ways to match the complexity of the problem and local differences. All based on practical experience and the latest research.

This is the first specialization in modular co-creation from INVI. Here we go in-depth with one of the 4 toolboxes in INVI's Atlas for Wild Problems. Are you curious about all 4 toolboxes? Then read more about our Wild Problems Masterclass for Policy Entrepreneurs here.

Yields

  • An in-depth understanding of how modular co-creation can help tackle wild problems.

  • Insights into complex modular co-creation processes, their different phases, the challenges you will face along the way, as well as the levers and tools that can drive progress.

  • Competencies to design and lead modular co-creation processes to contribute to effective and democratic governance.

  • Tools on how to avoid the dark side of the co-creation process.

  • Testing your ability to tackle dilemmas that arise in local co-creation of solution modules together with others.

  • A strong network from different sectors working on wild problems and using modular co-creation to create innovative solutions.

Target group

This specialization is for those who are familiar with co-creation as a problem-solving method but want to go deeper. You can be a project manager, development consultant, program manager or something completely different, and come from the civil service in the state, regions or municipalities, a political party, an interest organization, an NGO, the foundation world or a private company. Perhaps you are helping to realize transformation plans in a local tripartite, or you work with developing and scaling social initiatives. The specialization is relevant both for those who have taken the Masterclass in Wild Problems for Policy Entrepreneurs and for those who have not.

Most importantly, you want to develop a strategic and practical ability to orchestrate and lead co-creation processes - and be open to sharing learning, frustrations and successes with others on the team.

In cases and examples, we will have a consistent focus on co-creation of green solutions, and we will be visited by guests from The Green Tripartite. The course is therefore ideal for those who are part of one of the local tripartite organizations - but it will be highly relevant for anyone working with developing and scaling solutions to wild problems.

Educators

Eva Sørensen (course responsible)

Professor of Public Administration and Democracy at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. She holds an MSc and PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, and has been a visiting professor at a number of universities worldwide, including UC Berkeley, Hong Kong University and the University of Chiang Mai. She has researched effective and democratic governance for more than 30 years, led several large research projects, and written numerous books on co-creation, network governance, democracy, and political leadership.

Kristine Fisker

Design advisor at the think tank INVI - Institute for Wild Problems and owner of the agency track at INVI. Design and innovation engineer from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Has run a cross-organizational partnership in the green transition of Danish agriculture and researched and advised on design and innovation processes in medical technology. Guest lecturer in systemic innovation at DTU and the World Food Program.

Jacob Torfing (course responsible)

Professor of Politics and Institutions at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. He holds a Master's degree in Political Science from Aarhus University, and a Master's and PhD from the University of Essex. He has been chairman of the Danish Political Science Association and a member of the Danish Social Science Research Council. He is currently leading the international research project GOGREEN and the EU Horizon project ROBUST. He has published more than 30 books and numerous articles on collaborative innovation, co-creation and public sector reform.

Sigge Winther Nielsen

Founder and director of the think tank INVI - Institute for Wicked Problems. He has previously been director of DJØF, host of Deadline, political analyst at Politiken and civil servant in the Ministry of Finance. He holds an MSc in Political Science and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and has been a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University in New York and the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of The Entrepreneurial State and most recently the anthology Wicked Problems.

Program

The course combines lectures based on the latest research in the field with group discussions, exercises, guest presentations, board games and group-based reflection.

  • Thursday, October 9th. 9:00-17:00

    Wild problems like climate change or loneliness cannot be solved with standard solutions or by single actors alone. Modular co-creation offers a new approach where solutions are developed in interaction between different actors and built up from flexible modules that can be adapted to local conditions. In this first module, you'll get a thorough introduction to the concept and its application in practice. This module gives you concrete insights into how to design co-creation processes that produce modular solutions that can be reused and adapted across contexts:

    • How do you identify and characterize wild problems that require modular co-creation?

    • How do you put together the right stakeholders across sectors to co-create solution modules?

    • How do you design and implement a modular co-creation process?

  • Friday, October 10th. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    Solutions to wild problems require local actors to develop and adapt solutions to local conditions and the complexity of the problem. At the same time, we don't have the resources to reinvent the wheel every time. How can modular co-creation be used strategically to create solutions that are both democratically and practically rooted and can be scaled effectively? We play 'The CO GOV GAME ' - a game developed especially for this purpose by the trainers, where you navigate through the difficult choices and dilemmas together. This module gives you concrete insights into how to secure the many possible benefits of co-creating modules:

    • How do you use modular co-creation processes to foster democratic renewal and interactive political leadership?

    • How do you ensure both local democratic support and cross-scaling of solutions?

    • How do you navigate the resource and political dilemmas of co-creating modules?

  • Thursday, October 23rd. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

    Some processes sit on the backbone of your organization. Other paths lie untrodden and require a lot of work to get started. How do you create an infrastructure that makes it easy to develop and roll out solution modules in practice? In this final module, you will get concrete tools to successfully anchor modular co-creation. You will hear experiences across a multitude of projects within the green transition and experiences from the Green Triangle. You will learn how to navigate the dilemmas and challenges that arise when solution modules need to work in different local contexts:

    • How can you create a modular co-creation infrastructure to make it easy to develop and deploy solution modules?

    • How can you learn how to succeed, based on experiences from a wealth of cases?

    • How do you handle the dilemmas that arise in co-creating solution modules?

Price: DKK 14,900 excl. VAT

The price includes a light breakfast and hearty lunch during all modules, a compendium and a notebook.

Discounts

  • Bring a colleague - discount
    If two or three people from the same organization (same EAN / CVR number) participate, each participant receives a DKK 1,000 discount. Contact us for a quote if more than three people from the same workplace want to sign up for the program.

  • Early bird discount

    If you sign up before June 30, you get a 10% early-bird discount.

  • Member of PIP discount

    If you are a member of INVI's Policy Insights Panel, you get a discount of DKK 2000. Read more about the panel here.

The discounts cannot be combined. If you are eligible for multiple discounts, you will receive the largest one.

Practical information

The course will be held on October 9-10 and October 23, 2025, from 9 am - 5 pm at INVI's premises at Snaregade 10B, 1208 Kbh K.

For questions and further information, write to design consultant and course facilitator Kristine Fisker at kristine@invi.nu.

First class in October

We start the class in October 2025 - registration is open now! The course is 3 intensive modules on October 9-10 and October 23. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so sign up today to secure your spot.

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