Cocreation, the active involvement of stakeholders in the development of policies, presents an attractive strategy to cope with the demand for better and more responsive policies. Co-creation can take place during different stages of the policy cycle and take a variety of different forms. The conceptualisation of participatory mechanisms requires careful considerations. One-size-fits-all solutions are not feasible, because the interplay between public officials and stakeholders depends on the national and policy sector context. However, by comparing co-creation mechanisms in social innovation across seven EU countries (Denmark, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, the United Kingdom), Voorberg et al. (