Dr Aksel Ersoy has recently been awarded a BA/Levelhulme Small Research Grant from the British Academy to investigate "Developing Strategies for Co-production Activities in Aberdeen"
Co-production is about the delivery of public services being shared between the service provider and the recipient. What makes this issue topical in the current financial crisis is the expectation that effective user and community involvement may help to improve outputs, service quality and outcomes; and reduce costs for local government. Dr. Ersoy's research will focus on how individuals may be influenced to extend their co-production activities into group-based contexts in Aberdeen.