scholarly journals Towards an inclusive European innovation policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. C03 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Bedsted ◽  
Lise Bitsch ◽  
Lars Klüver ◽  
Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen ◽  
Marie Louise Margrethe Jørgensen
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Responsible Research

With “Horizon Europe”, the European Commission sets out the framework for research and innovation in Europe over the next seven years. The proposal outlines the contours of an innovative science policy that is open and responsive to societal needs, and where societal actors jointly undertake missions to discover sustainable solutions to present-day and future challenges. In our commentary we point to a number of modifications needed to strengthen the cross-cutting implementation of activities for societal engagement and responsible research and innovation.

scholarly journals Contextualizing Security Innovation: Responsible Research and Innovation at the Smart Border?

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Klimburg-Witjes ◽  
Frederik C. Huettenrauch
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Border Security ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Security Technologies ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Responsible Research

AbstractCurrent European innovation and security policies are increasingly channeled into efforts to address the assumed challenges that threaten European societies. A field in which this has become particularly salient is digitized EU border management. Here, the framework of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has recently been used to point to the alleged sensitivity of political actors towards the contingent dimensions of emerging security technologies. RRI, in general, is concerned with societal needs and the engagement and inclusion of various stakeholder groups in the research and innovation processes, aiming to anticipate undesired consequences of and identifying socially acceptable alternatives for emerging technologies. However, RRI has also been criticized as an industry-driven attempt to gain societal legitimacy for new technologies. In this article, we argue that while RRI evokes a space where different actors enter co-creative dialogues, it lays bare the specific challenges of governing security innovation in socially responsible ways. Empirically, we draw on the case study of BODEGA, the first EU funded research project to apply the RRI framework to the field of border security. We show how stakeholders involved in the project represent their work in relation to RRI and the resulting benefits and challenges they face. The paper argues that applying the framework to the field of (border) security lays bare its limitations, namely that RRI itself embodies a political agenda, conceals alternative experiences by those on whom security is enacted upon and that its key propositions of openness and transparency are hardly met in practice due to confidentiality agreements. Our hope is to contribute to work on RRI and emerging debates about how the concept can (or cannot) be contextualized for the field of security—a field that might be more in need than any other to consider the ethical dimension of its activities.

scholarly journals A key moment for European science policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. C05 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Mejlgaard ◽  
Richard Woolley ◽  
Carter Bloch ◽  
Susanne Buehrer ◽  
Erich Griessler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Policy ◽  
Considerable Progress ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Framework Programme ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Science Society ◽  
European Science ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
Responsible Research

We argue that the commitment to science-society integration and Responsible Research and Innovation in past European framework programmes has already made considerable progress in better aligning research and innovation with European societies. The framework programmes have important socialisation effects and recent research point to positive trends across key areas of Responsible Research and Innovation within academic organisations. What appears to be a step away from the concerted efforts to facilitate European citizens' meaningful contribution to research and innovation in the upcoming Horizon Europe framework programme seems counter-productive and poorly timed.

scholarly journals Responsibility, Representation and Participation: Bureaucratic Steering of Biofuel Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Shahare ◽  
Naveen Thayyil
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Entry Point ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Responsible Research

This article seeks to trace the implicit notion of responsibility in the bureaucratic steering of biofuel research in India—as a useful entry point to think further on framework of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in India. It concentrates on a specific aspect within the RRI framework in particular—public engagement and concerns for greater participation. By engaging with R&D in biofuel technologies in India, the techno-bureaucratic steering of its trajectories and the emphasis on public engagement within RRI frames, this article seeks to bring focus on how S&T governance in India could in principle be made more responsive to societal needs by motivating positive developments in line with public needs.

scholarly journals Towards regional responsible research and innovation? Integrating RRI and RIS3 in European innovation policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 772-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rune Dahl Fitjar ◽  
Paul Benneworth ◽  
Bjørn Terje Asheim
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Geographical Scale ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Responsible Research

Abstract This article develops a model for a regional responsible research and innovation (RRI) policy, integrating existing European Union policies on RRI, and on research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3). RRI and RIS3 are central concepts in the EU’s innovation policy agenda, but there are tensions between the two approaches. The place-based approach inherent in RIS3 is missing from RRI, which has a fuzzy concept of geographical scale and is vulnerable to mismatches between the scale of innovations and of the associated governance networks involved in the innovation process. Meanwhile, the multitude of visions, values and stakeholder perceptions embodied in the RRI concept is countered by the more optimistic and unitary imagining of a regional future in RIS3. We highlight that Europe’s innovation challenges can only be resolved by leveraging the strengths of both types of innovation policy.

scholarly journals Open schooling with inquiry maps in network education: supporting Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and fun in learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. e020053
Author(s):  
Alexandra Okada ◽  
Luziana Quadros da Rosa ◽  
Márcio Vieira de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Network Education ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Research Action ◽  
Responsible Research

This article discusses the open schooling approach which has been promoted by the European Commission for preparing learners in cooperation with partners to develop real-world issue projects and shape a desirable future together. This approach is designed to engage all participants with RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation (EC, 2015). The objective of RRI is to align research and innovation with societal needs and sustainable development goals (UNESCO, 2015) through the interaction of researchers with society. Open schooling for RRI is considered an interactive approach to help youth develop knowledge, skills, attitude and values for the 21st century. This study presents some contributions of using inquiry mapping (OKADA, 2006) as a participatory research-action method to engage multi-partners in an open network. This exploratory study supported by a set of examples from the literature provides recommendations for developing inquiry-maps for open schooling in network projects and facilitates fun in learning.

scholarly journals RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – A CONCEPTUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (0) ◽  
pp. 342-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukasz Nazarko
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
Responsible Research

The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has become a popular term as a result of making it a cross-cutting theme for the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union. RRI may be understood as a process by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view to the acceptability, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation process and its products. The work presents a review of the state-of-art scientific literature on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) together with a synthesis of theoretical and practical challenges faced by this new concept. Mapping of RRI dimensions and its theoretical assumptions is performed. Bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on RRI is carried out. The analysis of RRI-related projects is conducted. The attempt is made to clarify what RRI means for an enterprise in practical terms and what makes an innovation project in an enterprise a responsible one. Finally, a proposal for a closer interchange between RRI and Technology Assessment discourses is made together with an argument for a more extensive use of future-oriented methods that increase epistemic horizons of an innovating organisation.

scholarly journals Introduction to “Science, society and citizens: suggestions (and hopes) on how to foster RRI in Horizon Europe”

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. C01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzia Mazzonetto ◽  
Angela Simone
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Framework Programme ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Science Society ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Responsible Research ◽  
Current Proposal

At the beginning of May, 2018, the European Commission has presented its proposal for Horizon Europe, the framework programme which defines priorities and budget distribution for the future of European Research and Innovation (2021–2027). The announcement has raised concerns within the community of stakeholders engaged in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), a democratization process leading to connecting science to the values and interests of European citizens by mean of participatory processes. Through this flash commentary we aim at providing a wide range of arguments, as well as strong examples and concrete suggestions, to the importance of maintaining and strengthening RRI within Horizon Europe, with the hope to inspire amendments to the current proposal.

scholarly journals Social Innovations in Educational Sciences: Analysis of Current Research and Policy Documents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alise Oļesika ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
Responsible Research

The Guidelines for Science, Technology Development and Innovation for 2021–2027 developed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia focus on promoting research excellence and increasing the social and economic value of research. Considering the previously mentioned, higher education institutions’ goal is not only the transfer of knowledge but also the creation of economic and social value, which communicates to society through learning and research results. Social innovation as a driver of social change promotes societal openness and active participation in socio-economic processes. The introduction of new forms of social innovation as Responsible Research and Innovations (RRI) can bridge the gap between science and societal needs by engaging in social debate and policy decisions in society and fostering collaboration between scientists from different sectors. The study aims to analyze Social Innovation’s essence and the academic and administrative definitions and dimensions of the Responsible Research and Innovation approach. In order to achieve the aim of the study, a systematic literature analysis was performed. The study reveals the main features of Social Innovation and the perspective of Responsible Research and Innovation implementation in higher education in the institutional and processual dimensions.

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