Discussing research through co-design in policy-making

The paper describes possible connections between the Research Through Co-design (RTC) model and the contexts of the policy-making through a theoretical framework for envisioning the policy-making as a co-design process and the work of the policy-makers as an autoregulatory research process. The authors use the RTC model with the aim to understand if it describes a valuable process to be introduced in contexts of policy-making. The RTC model is based on the control system theory and the authors discuss how the autoregulation from an RTC perspective is a valuable point to be study in policy-making. In conclusion, key aspects to be adopted in policy-making are suggested (i.e. the autoregulation property, the co-design driven process, the role of the policy maker as a researcher) and crucial aspects to be study further are highlighted (i.e. the effects of positive and negative feedback; the variables that determines the exit from the system).