This course explores how to integrate diverse knowledge systems, norms, and perspectives in hydrology, water management, and climate-related research through co-creation. More than a buzzword, co-creation is a collaborative process that requires time, mutual trust, and shared responsibility. When practiced meaningfully, it helps to avoid overlooking community priorities, practices, and perspectives, and power asymmetries – including gender inequalities, racism, and colonial injustices.

We will present a framework, case studies, and principles to adopt co-creation in research and practice, with a focus on hydrology, water resources management, and climate services. Together, we will discuss both challenges and achievements when diverse stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and local communities, work together.

Through shared experiences and practical examples, participants will gain strategies for facilitating inclusive, resilient, and impactful co-creation processes. By the end of the session, you will leave with new insights, strategies, and inspiration for applying co-creation in your own projects, while being more aware of both the potential and its possible hurdles of this collaborative approach.