Across Europe and beyond, challenges related to security in public spaces are increasingly addressed through co-creation, social innovation and smart technologies. Yet many of these initiatives struggle to endure once pilot phases end, funding expires or stakeholder engagement declines. How can co-created approaches lead to long-term and systemic impact?
SHINE 2Europe, within the framework of the CO-SECUR project, invites researchers, policymakers, practitioners and civil society actors to submit contributions to the workshop: Sustaining Social Innovation in Smart Public Security: From Evidence to Long-Term Impact
Building on CO-SECUR’s experience in Social Innovation in Security (SIS), the workshop opens a broader discussion on the sustainability of co-created strategies, tools and policies for smart public security. Rather than focusing only on project-level outcomes, the workshop explores governance arrangements, evidence-based decision-making, stakeholder ownership, capacity-building and scalability in technology-rich urban contexts.
Topics include (but are not limited to):
• Sustainability of co-created and participatory security initiatives supported by smart objects, IoT infrastructures and data-driven systems
• Governance, trust and ownership models for long-term impact in digitally mediated, multi-stakeholder environments
• Evidence-based decision-making and policy integration leveraging Big Data, AI-driven analytics and decision-support tools
• Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment frameworks enabled by smart technologies and interoperable data systems
• Capacity-building and knowledge exchange mechanisms supported by collaborative digital platforms, with attention to accessibility and inclusion
• Social Innovation in Security (SIS), public space governance, ethics, privacy, cybersecurity and interoperability
Key dates
Submission deadline: 20 February 2026
Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2026
Camera-ready deadline: 15 March 2026
