scholarly journals SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE EMERGENCE OF RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-604
Author(s):  
Mirjam Burget ◽  
Emanuele Bardone ◽  
Margus Pedaste ◽  
Katrin Saage
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Responsible Research

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has recently gained wider importance in the European Union (EU) as an emergent framework informing the governance of science. While a growing body of literature describing RRI and its main conceptual dimensions has appeared in the last seven years or so and in several policy documents, the European Commission has emphasized the need to promote science education in the RRI context, there is no theoretical elaboration of how RRI can be meaningfully integrated into the practice of science education. In order to address this problem, the present research aimed at inquiring into the way in which science teachers make sense of RRI in school. Data were gathered with individual semi-structured interviews from 29 science teachers working in comprehensive schools and hobby schools. Abductive content analysis combining data and conceptual dimensions of RRI was used. In the light of how the science teachers in our sample have made sense of RRI, four theoretical categories have emerged: (1) meaning making; (2) taking action; (3) exploring; and (4) inclusion. These findings have important implications for developing a theory of RRI which can be beneficial for researchers as well as teachers for meaningfully integrating RRI into science education. Keywords: abductive content analysis, responsibility as care, Responsible Research and Innovation, science education, science teacher.

A REFLECTION OF PRESERVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS' VIEWS OF OPEN ACCESS DIMENSION OF RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cagla Bulut ◽  
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Bulent Cavas ◽  
Kadir Demir ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Science Teachers ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Process Research ◽  
Service Science ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Scientific Process ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Preservice Science Teachers ◽  
Responsible Research

European Union has recently begun placing emphasis on sharing of scientific process as well as knowledge with public as part of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach. During RRI process, research results are required to be accessible to public for efficient scientific communication. It is hereby significant to evaluate pre-service science teachers’ views. Thus, this study focused on pre-service science teachers’ views of RRI using RRI-questionnaire. Preliminary results show that pre-service science teachers have positive views towards RRI-open science dimension. Keywords: open science, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), pre-service science teachers.

scholarly journals Interorganizational Collaboration in Innovation Networks: An Agent Based Model for Responsible Research and Innovation in Additive Manufacturing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7460
Author(s):  
Enrico Cozzoni ◽  
Carmine Passavanti ◽  
Cristina Ponsiglione ◽  
Simonetta Primario ◽  
Pierluigi Rippa
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Responsible Research

The significant progress in scientific research and innovation has led to the need for a new paradigm to legitimise the innovation process in society and politics. The European Union, with the Horizon 2020 framework program and Horizon Europe, institutionalises this change by defining the concept of responsible research and innovation (RRI), aiming at greater inclusiveness and sustainability in the research and innovation processes. This paper aimed to present an agent-based model (ABM) to simulate the dynamics between the different actors that cooperate within networks during the innovation process, taking the inclinations toward RRI practices into account. The different types of agent, their characteristics, and the different strategies that they follow have been formulated within the Horizon 2020 project I AM RRI-Webs of Innovation Value Chains (IVCs) of Additive Manufacturing (AM) under consideration of RRI. Besides, some experiments are reported to validate the model, ensuring its rigor and making our model a useful tool for policymakers, assisting them in defining strategic guidelines for disseminating and encouraging RRI best practices and defining the critical factors of the innovative cooperative process.

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 RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – NEW PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukasz Nazarko
Keyword(s):  
Technology Management ◽  
The Other ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Responsible Research

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a cross-cutting theme for the European Union Horizon 2020 programme. On one hand it may be seen as a burden for the R&D community but on the other, as a source of innovation and creativity aligned with the values of the society. The paper attempts to explore the possibilities of making Responsible Research and Innovation a framework that strengthens and deepens the relationship of a business with the clients and the rest of its environment. Special attention is paid to the relationship between RRI, Future-Oriented Technology Analysis and Technology Management. RRI principles are studies from the perspective of an enterprise.

scholarly journals Responsible Research and Innovation in Enterprises: Benefits, Barriers and the Problem of Assessment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukasz Nazarko
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Responsible Innovation ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
Responsible Research

In the paper, the author takes stock of the conceptual reflection and empirical studies described in the current scientific literature on responsible innovation in the context of the emergence of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) concept. RRI has been promoted in the European Union as a part of the Europe 2020 strategy with the objective of making research and innovation more sustainable and inclusive. As more than half of the EU’s firms declare conducting innovation activities RRI problematic becomes more relevant than ever. There remain many open questions, unresolved dilemmas and empirical white spots that call for more research in this field. This paper’s main focus is the problem of RRI acceptance as a global framework for responsible innovation and the scarcity of suitable instruments that may help industry understand and adopt this concept. The main contribution of this paper are: the critical analysis of the RRI concept and its implications for industry, proposing a concept of RRI index for innovating enterprises.

scholarly journals Raising Awareness of Researchers-in-the-Making Toward Responsible Research and Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1558-1577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Lukovics ◽  
Beáta Udvari ◽  
Nikoletta Nádas ◽  
Erik Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Responsible Research And Innovation ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
Active Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Responsible Research

AbstractAcross the globe, research, development, and innovation (RDI) processes are operating at increasingly accelerated paces, promising rapid development and higher standards of living, but also increasing the likelihood of unintended, socially undesirable effects that inevitably attend progress. The notion of responsible research and innovation (RRI) has emerged in response to this dilemma, and the integration of RRI into daily RDI practices itself represents a considerable challenge. Integrating RRI concepts and practices at an early or even pre-career stage, before researchers fully develop their daily routines, could strengthen the assimilation of RRI into RDI more generally. Thus, in line with the emphasis of RRI on science education, how to integrate RRI aspects in the thinking of researchers-in-the-making before they start their active research carrier is an important but under-investigated question. In addition, the special features of Generation Z currently being in higher education suggest the use nontraditional tools in science education.Accordingly, this exploratory study asks how the RRI-awareness of researchers-in-the-making can be raised. We adapt the Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR) method, which facilitates reflection on societal aspects during scientific research practices and decisions, to the context of science education. We test the introduction of STIR among researchers-in-the-making studying natural sciences at the University of Szeged (Hungary). Our findings suggest potential steps for science education on RRI with attention to the special needs Generation Z and facilitating their RRI awareness for their active researcher career.

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