The Open University
Co-Creation for the Green Transition
Finalist, Research with Impact
About
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The ENCASE project (Horizon Europe, grant 101094664) is a pan-European research initiative on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS). Led by the Open University Business School (OUBS), Work Package 6 embedded co-creation processes and social innovation at the heart of five engineering research organisations across the UK, Norway, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Over 21 months, OUBS designed and delivered co- |
Top 3 learnings
1. We learned that sceptical engineers become co-creation champions when given structure, support and time.
2. We learned that intermediary brokers unlock community relationships that expertise alone cannot.
3. We learned that permanent, freely distributed outputs create sustainability impact that outlasts the project.
SDGs
13 - Climate action
What it means to win
Winning a Green Gown Award would signal that OUBS is not just a business school that talks about sustainability, it is one that demonstrates it through research that changes lives, giving the School a rare and credible external validation of its social impact that no internal metric or accreditation process can replicate, and lending significant weight to EQUIS reaccreditation, REF impact narratives, and the School's standing as a genuinely mission-driven institution in an increasingly competitive landscape.
| 2026 | |
| Research with Impact | |
| Finalist, UK and Ireland |
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