FOFOS Research School
FOFOS, the Research School for the Future Public Sector, is a national research school where doctoral students in various subjects at different universities conduct research in close collaboration with public organizations. The aim is to develop new action-oriented knowledge for the transformation of the public sector.
National knowledge hub
FOFOS is a transdisciplinary, co-creative, and innovative research school that functions as a national knowledge hub for the development of new action-oriented knowledge for the transformation of the public sector.
The knowledge arises from the meeting and interaction between different actors: national and international researchers from different scientific fields and with different methodological knowledge bases, public stakeholders with practice-based and possibly also tacit knowledge, and network partners with specific practical and procedural knowledge.
Part of SustainGov
FOFOS is part of SustainGov, one of Sweden's five Impact Innovation Programs. The initiative is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, and Vinnova.
SustainGov's mission is to achieve a reformed public sector by 2035 that holistically promotes and facilitates health and well-being for all residents regardless of geography and socioeconomic status, and ensures society's transition to sustainability within the planet's limits.
Parties in FOFOS
FOFOS is led by MDU, hosted by the Center for Welfare Change.
Stockholm University, SCORE
University of Gothenburg, Business & Design Lab External link.
KTH, Construction and Facilities Management External link.
Lund University, CLOO External link.
Luleå University of Technology, Design External link.
Stockholm University, SCORE External link.
In addition to the universities, a large number of so-called needs owners (public organizations with identified research and development needs) and network partners (organizations with specific expertise in innovation, change management, sustainability issues, etc.) also participate.
FOFOS school management
- Lucia Crevani, Scientific Coordinator
- Anette Hallin, Scientific coordinator
- Petra von Heideken Wågert, Scientific coordinator
- Sara Modig, Process Manager
- Charlotte Chruzander, Operational Coordinator
Doctoral projects
The FOFOS research school has ten doctoral projects:
- Sensor systems and collaboration in healthcare
- Human-centered design for change: Participatory methods in collective thinking and systemic transformation
- Sustainable transition for the benefit of residents through public procurement and co-creation
- From obstacle to lever: Public procurement for circular and community-based food production
- Co-creation of water management
- Sustainable leadership for the benefit of residents
- Organizing effective collaboration for and with residents
- Effective implementation of long-term political goals in a market society
- The role of civil servants and the social contract of the future
- Renegotiated power relations: The role of children and young people in social change and transition