Assembling Regional Expertise: Co-creation Workshops in EU-funded Research on the German Coal Phase-out

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Mode 2, academic knowledge, practical knowledge, socially robust knowledge, multilevel governance

Abstract

Regional expertise is a crucial aspect of effective and legitimate policy formulation within the multilevel governance system of the European Union (EU). We argue that EU-funded research contributes to the multilevel network governance in the EU. However, until now, this aspect of expertise formation has undergone little analysis. Drawing on materials from an EU-funded research project on energy transition processes as well as our participation in this project as contracted researchers, we investigate how regional expertise is assembled in co-creation workshops of scientists and regional stakeholders. We first reconstruct the implicit programme theory of transformative research which emphasises the value of practical knowledge of (regional) stakeholders in complementing scientific knowledge for governance purposes. Using our analysis of the interactions between workshop participants, we point out the benefits and challenges of assembling regional expertise from heterogeneous actors. Finally, we compare this hybrid mode of knowledge co-creation with (hypothetical) more segregated forms of expertise.

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Bartl , W. and Heer, S. (2026) “Assembling Regional Expertise: Co-creation Workshops in EU-funded Research on the German Coal Phase-out”, Serendipities. Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences, 10(1-2), pp. 114–140. Available at: https://tidsskrift.dk/Serendipities/article/view/164272 (Accessed: 16 January 2026).