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This project examines co-governance and trust.  Declining trust in government, policy failures, and the intractability of wicked problems signal an urgent need for policy innovation which has fostered a growing interest in collaborative governance. Collaborative governance is an attractive proposition because, in theory, it involves all stakeholders affected by an issue coming together to engage in creative problem-solving. This project seeks to identify the precursors and enablers of co-governance. This is informed by a scoping review to identify key stages and components of co-governance identified in academic and practice literature. The findings of this review are tested and further developed in three case studies. The project is due to report in late 2024.