Knowledge co-production between practitioners and researchers and its impact

• Christina Månberg, Skolverket (Swedish National Agency for Education)
• Sebastian Björnhammer, ULF (Education, Learning, Research)
• Niclas Westin, City of Stockholm; ULF Capital Node’s Management Group; ULF National Steering Committee 
• Nóra Révai, Evidence Web for Education, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD

• William Penuel, University of Colorado-Boulder, United States

• The ULF model: history and structure
  • Sebastian Björnhammer, ULF (Education, Learning, Research)
  • Elisabet Nihlfors, Uppsala University

• The NPP: context and guiding principle

• Laila Guvå, Skolverket (Swedish National Agency for Education)
• Stakeholder Perspectives: Strengths, challenges and impact - Panel discussion and Q&A
  • Lisbeth Gyllander Torkildsen, ULF southern node management group & national steering board; VALS (scientific leaders in education network); Head of Quality and Development at the City of Malmö
  • Ola J. Lindberg, Umeå University; ULF north node management group
  • Christina Månberg, Skolverket (Swedish National Agency for Education)
  • Tine Sophie Prøitz, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
  • Robin Smith, Sveriges Lärare, the Swedish teachers’ union
  • Moderated by Tali Malkin, OECD

Session 1: Collaborative learning and development: forms of knowledge, agency and participation in co-production

How can different forms of knowledge be brought together on a genuinely equal footing, and what enables collaborative learning to thrive?

• Leerpunt, Flanders-Belgium - Isabelle Janssens & Emmelien Merchie
• Hiroshima University, Japan - Hiromi Kawaguchi
• University of Stavanger, Norway - Oddny Judith Solheim
• Discussion moderated by Simon Sjölund, Mälardalen University, Sweden

Session 2: Collaborative learning and development: turning co-production into changes in practice

How does knowledge co-production build capacity and produce change in practice and organisations?

• University of Calgary, Alberta-Canada - Sharon Friesen & Barbara Brown
• DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany - Désirée Theis
• NAFA - The Danish Science Education Academy, Denmark - Martin Krabbe Sillasen & Mette Hesselholt Henne Hansen
• Discussion moderated by Amy Faux, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), UK

Sweden is halfway through a twenty-year ambition to build a national ecosystem for knowledge coproduction between education and research. Drawing on the development of ULF and the emerging NPP, this keynote reflects on what it takes to move from mobilisation and local partnerships towards sustainable system capacity. It explores the complementary strengths and limitations of bottom-up and top-down approaches, and argues that neither is sufficient on its own. A mature ecosystem requires governance, resources, quality mechanisms, professional pathways and a culture of mutual respect, alongside infrastructures that enable knowledge, competence and agency to circulate, accumulate and create value across the system.

• Åke Ingerman, Örebro University, Sweden

How can networks, intermediaries and system-level infrastructure coordinate co-production across organisations, enabling impact to spread beyond individual partnerships, while maintaining quality, contextual relevance and shared ownership?

• Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), England, UK - Amy Faux & Jack Mollart-Solity
• Ontwikkelkracht, Netherlands - Margot Schel
• National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP), United States - Paula Arce-Trigatti
• Discussion moderated by Eleanor MacKillop, Wales Centre for Public Policy, Cardiff University, UK

How can evaluation capture not only whether change occurred, but how partnership processes, organisational conditions and implementation pathways contributed to it?

• EduCaixa, Spain - Marta García-Matos & Nicholas Wright
• Tallinn University, Estonia - Eve Eisenschmidt & Kätlin Vanari
• Discussion moderated by Inge de Wolf, Maastricht University, Netherlands

• OECD-EWE’s support for impact development
• Expert panel discussion
  • Maria Andrée, Stockholm University; ULF capital region node’s management group;
  • Stockholm Teaching and Learning Studies
  • William Penuel, University of Colorado-Boulder, United States
  • Tine Sophie Prøitz, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
  • Makito Yurita, National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development, Japan
  • Moderated by Nóra Révai, OECD