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Co-responsibility, in depth.
Why solving urban challenges takes more than solutions — and the research, conversations and publications shaping how BLOXHUB convenes it.
4 resources · Updated 2026
01 · Publication
01
2024
The Copenhagen Way
BLOXHUB's foundational publication on why urban transformation requires curated co-responsibility — not bigger toolkits.
Key insights
- 01Most urban challenges already have technical solutions; what they lack is a constellation of accountable actors.
- 02Public, private, civic and academic actors must share the risk, not just the room.
- 03Co-responsibility is a designed condition, not a happy accident.
"We don't solve cities. We build the conditions where cities can solve themselves."
02 · Report
02
2025
Co-responsibility in European Housing
Synthesis of research connecting Europe's 10-million-home shortfall to the absence of cross-sector accountability structures.
Key insights
- 01Building more homes is necessary but insufficient; lock-in is the binding constraint.
- 02Behavioural barriers compound structural ones — financing, legislation, identity and habit.
- 03Cities that pair system actors with behavioural expertise unlock measurably more housing flow.
03 · Talk
03
2026
Why Co-responsibility, Why Now
Keynote framing for European city officials: from solution-shopping to constellation-building.
Key insights
- 01The decade of pilots is over. Cities now need durable accountability beyond the project.
- 02Curated actor fields outperform open calls for partners.
- 03The C³ model — curate, co-create, co-respond — operationalises the shift.
04 · Research
04
2025
Behavioural Locks in the Housing Market
Working paper on the mental barriers that keep households in homes that no longer fit — and how policy underestimates them.
Key insights
- 01Place attachment, identity and habit loops account for a majority of decisions to stay put.
- 02Status scripts make rightsizing read as failure, even when it improves wellbeing.
- 03Behavioural design belongs at the table when housing policy is written.