{"id":52949,"date":"2016-09-16T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/research\/the-topic-of-rri-according-to-the-participants-of-the-euroscience-open-forum\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T11:57:13","slug":"the-topic-of-rri-according-to-the-participants-of-the-euroscience-open-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/higher-education-and-research\/the-topic-of-rri-according-to-the-participants-of-the-euroscience-open-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"The topic of RRI according to the participants of the EuroScience Open Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) was hosted this year by Manchester (UK), between 24th<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup> July 2016. One of the five main topics was RRI. This press release presents a rapid overview on ESOF and more specifically the outcomes of one session which featured six EU-funded RRI projects.<\/p>\n

ProGRreSS<\/a> (PROmoting Global REsponsible research and Social and Scientific Innovation), Responsibility<\/a> (Global Model and Observatory for International Responsible Research and Innovation Coordination) , Responsible industry<\/a>, ResAGorA<\/a> (Governance framework for Responsible Research and Innovation), Great<\/a> (Governance for responsible innovation), and RRI tools<\/a> co-organised a session to jointly demonstrate RRI definitions in different cultures of the world and to show tangible results of their projects.<\/p>\n

Developments in science come along with promises for progress but also with concerns about the future. The recent Madelin Report on innovation[1]<\/a> notes that while two out of three people see technology driving growth, two out of three doubt that technology helps people or the planet. These figures illustrate that science seems to be both part of the problem and the solution. This illustrates the need for responsible innovation. RRI is meant to make science more responsible towards societial dimensions. It does not mean that all science, research and innovation up until now was irresponsible but highlights the need for stronger citizen engagement in science terms of topics, (e.g. societal challenges) and methodologies, dissemination and take up of ideas.<\/p>\n

RRI has gone through a remarkable progress from an academic debate to a firmly established idea, a cross-cutting requirement by the European Commission in each research project that applies for European funding and has received a high-level recognition by the European Council in november 2014 (Rome Declaration<\/a>). Outside Europe, RRI has also been referred to as Inclusive innovation<\/strong>. Innovating with and for the poor.[2]<\/a> Inclusive innovation is the means by which new goods and services are developed for and\/or by the billions living on the lowest incomes, such as an infant embrace warmer in India at the price of 25 USD instead of an incubator at the price of 20,000 USD to save 200,000 lives up to date.<\/p>\n

The demand for practical approaches and instruments supporting the transformation towards RRI is increasing. It is important that policy makers, as well as individual organisations, adjust and adopt the spirit of RRI to their own circumstances and mobilise bottom-up inclusive processes. The actors themselves are the best placed to determine the specific content of RRI through collective bottom up negotiations and avoid a top-down process. Such a normative focus on the content of RRI might encourage a \u00a0\u201cbureaucratic tick-box exercise\u201d, an example of \u201cresponsibility-wash\u201d. The success key of RRI will be embedding it into everyday practices and insitutional operations.<\/p>\n

There is no simplifies defintition of RRI (there are different definitions in the literature from Schromberg[3]<\/a> to Owen[4]<\/a>). It can be best grasped as the importance of acknowledging conflicting views. Open up the processes to a discussion on what kind of future we want and \u201cpoliticising, democratising\u201d the decisions that will influence our life.<\/p>\n

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Background:<\/strong> The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is a biennial, pan-European, general science conference dedicated to scientific research and innovation. Each conference aims to deliver stimulating content and lively debate around the latest advancements and discoveries in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. (Source: http:\/\/www.esof.eu\/about\/introduction-to-esof.html<\/a> ). ERRIN attended the conference to promote FoTRRIS and gain insights into the current debates on science and society. FoTRRIS project approaches Research and Innovation (R&I) from a systemic point of view and aims at delivering systemic changes. R&I systems include the interaction between the actors who are needed in order to turn an idea into a process, product or service on the market. FoTRRIS wants to facilitate these interactions locally and highlight the responsible local solutions to the global challenges with the help of responsible research and innovation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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[1]<\/a> Opportunity now: Europe\u2019s mission to innovate http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/epsc\/pdf\/publications\/strategic_note_issue_15.pdf<\/a> see figure 5
\n[2]<\/a> See also frugal innovation \u2013 \u2018how to do more with less\u2019 http:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/news\/frugal-innovations
\n<\/a>[3]<\/a> Ren\u00e9 von Schomberg: https:\/\/renevonschomberg.wordpress.com\/
\n<\/a>[4]<\/a> Richard Owen: http:\/\/business-school.exeter.ac.uk\/about\/whoswho\/index.php?web_id=Richard_Owen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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