ABSTRACT
This chapter compares and synthesizes the diverse approaches and voices on urban knowledge. It outlines the many critical issues and problems that arose in relation to the problematic nature of many co-production processes and the limitations of their ability to contribute to societal change. The chapter outlines suggestions for topics that need further scrutiny and attention in co-producing knowledge for sustainable urban futures. The added value of co-production is the creation of spaces and interfaces that better negotiate some of the boundaries between different societal spheres of activity. The importance of the need for new relationships between different urban actors is nowhere more clear than in Kisumu. In Cape Town, given the novelty of the interactions and the build-up of expectations, time management was and is especially crucial for the embedded researchers and officials on exchange with the university.
