Consortium for a Co-Creative Future

Aim


The Consortium for a Co-Creative Future, a system established in April 2020 for collaboration between industry and the University of Osaka, aims to provide new forms of social, academic, and business values to society.
In the consortium, the Co-Creation Bureau and a company have comprehensive discussions to delve into essential issues in society and design innovative solutions, based on the company’s fundamental perspectives and ideas.
It is noteworthy that, in case of a challenge that is too complicated to be addressed by ordinary collaborative research of one researcher and one company, the consortium makes it possible to plan and launch a joint research project involving transdisciplinary researchers and even other companies of different industries as well.
The Co-Creation Bureau will pursue the promotion of open-innovation activities brought by faithful academic-industrial partnerships at the consortium by leveraging inter-organizational partnerships beyond disciplinary and industry boundaries.

Overview


The Consortium for a Co-Creative Future consists of the following steps.

Step 0: Consultation Session


Coordinators from the Co-Creation Bureau provide a detailed description of the consortium and term definitions for common understanding. The company shares its perspective on social issues and background information with the coordinators.

Step 1-1: Review Session (Phase 1)


Through discussions, the company and coordinators collaboratively review the social issues of interest and a list of related research at the University of Osaka, then narrow down the scope of challenges.

Step1-2: Review Session (Phase 2)


Based on the conclusions drawn from Phase 1, the company and coordinators collaboratively identify a specific challenge to be addressed. To this end, representative researchers can be interviewed or invited to a workshop if required.

Step 2: Project Planning


The company, researchers, and coordinators jointly discuss potential approaches to the issue identified in the previous step, then build a plan for a co-creation research project. Coordinators will also introduce potential researchers for collaboration if necessary.

Step3: Project Execution
After a decision is made by the company, the collaborative research project is launched.