RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – NEW PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

The European Union ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

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.

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137460 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7460

Author(s):

Enrico Cozzoni ◽

Carmine Passavanti ◽

Cristina Ponsiglione ◽

Simonetta Primario ◽

Pierluigi Rippa

Keyword(s):

Additive Manufacturing ◽

Innovation Process ◽

The European Union ◽

Agent Based Model ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Agent Based ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

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.

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

Verslas teorija ir praktika ◽

10.3846/btp.2019.32 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (0) ◽

pp. 342-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko

Keyword(s):

Scientific Literature ◽

Innovation Process ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

The European Union ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Societal Actors ◽

Innovation Project ◽

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.

Responsible Research and Innovation in secondary school science classrooms: experiences from the project Irresistible

Pure and Applied Chemistry ◽

10.1515/pac-2016-0817 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 89 (2) ◽

pp. 211-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jan Apotheker ◽

Ron Blonder ◽

Sevil Akaygun ◽

Pedro Reis ◽

Lorenz Kampschulte ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

School Science ◽

Science Center ◽

Scientific Content ◽

Science Classrooms ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Science Educators ◽

AbstractResponsible Research and Innovation has become a core concept in many of the Horizon 2020 programs. In this article the concept of RRI is discussed in context of secondary education, and the interpretation used within the project ‘Irresistible’ is introduced. In the article several ways in which RRI can be incorporated in science classrooms are discussed, connected to the teaching of contemporary research taking place in universities as well as recent innovations coming from industry. The presented modules are designed in groups in which teachers work together with researchers, science educators and science center experts. As one of the educational approaches used in the modules, students created exhibits in which both the scientific content as well as the RRI concepts related to the content are demonstrated for the general public. These exhibits have been very successful as a learning tool.

Responsible Research and Innovation in Engineering and Technology Management: Concept, Metrics and Assessment

2019 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON) ◽

10.1109/temscon.2019.8813596 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko ◽

Borisas Melnikas

Keyword(s):

Technology Management ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Engineering And Technology ◽

Management Concept ◽

Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences (STARBIOS2): Protocol for a Horizon 2020 Funded European Multicenter Project to Promote Responsible Research and Innovation

JMIR Research Protocols ◽

10.2196/11745 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. e11745 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vittorio Colizzi ◽

Daniele Mezzana ◽

Pavel V Ovseiko ◽

Giovanni Caiati ◽

Claudia Colonnello ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Structural Transformation ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

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

Journal of Baltic Science Education ◽

10.33225/jbse/18.17.590 ◽

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 ◽

The European Union ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Combining Data ◽

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.

Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences (STARBIOS2): Protocol for a Horizon 2020 Funded European Multicenter Project to Promote Responsible Research and Innovation (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.11745 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Vittorio Colizzi ◽

Daniele Mezzana ◽

Pavel V Ovseiko ◽

Giovanni Caiati ◽

Claudia Colonnello ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Structural Change ◽

Structural Transformation ◽

Learning Process ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Research Institutions ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

European Institutions ◽

BACKGROUND Promoting Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a major strategy of the “Science with and for Society” work program of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. RRI aims to achieve a better alignment of research and innovation with the values, needs, and expectations of society. The RRI strategy includes the “keys” of public engagement, open access, gender, ethics, and science education. The Structural Transformation to Attain Responsible BIOSciences (STARBIOS2) project promotes RRI in 6 European research institutions and universities from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Poland, and the United Kingdom, in partnership with a further 6 institutions from Brazil, Denmark, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States. OBJECTIVE The project aims to attain RRI structural change in 6 European institutions by implementing action plans (APs) and developing APs for 3 non-European institutions active in the field of biosciences; use the implementation of APs as a learning process with a view to developing a set of guidelines on the implementation of RRI; and develop a sustainable model for RRI in biosciences. METHODS The project comprises interrelated research and implementation designed to achieve the aforementioned specific objectives. The project is organized into 6 core work packages and 5 supporting work packages. The core work packages deal with the implementation of institutional APs in 6 European institutions based on the structural change activation model. The supporting work packages include technical assistance, learning process on RRI-oriented structural change, monitoring and assessment, communication and dissemination, and project management. RESULTS The project is funded by Horizon 2020 and will run for 4 years (May 2016-April 2020). As of June 2018, the initial phase has been completed. The participating institutions have developed and approved APs and commenced their implementation. An observation tool has been launched by the Technical Assistance Team to collect information from the implementation of APs; the Evaluation & Assessment team has started monitoring the advancement of the project. As part of the communication and dissemination strategy, a project website, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account have been launched and are updated periodically. The International Scientific Advisory Committee has been formed to advise on the reporting and dissemination of the project’s results. CONCLUSIONS In the short term, we anticipate that the project will have a considerable impact on the organizational processes and structures, improving the RRI uptake in the participating institutions. In the medium term, we expect to make RRI-oriented organizational change scalable across Europe by developing guidelines on RRI implementation and an RRI model in biosciences. In the long term, we expect that the project would help increase the ability of research institutions to make discoveries and innovations in better alignment with societal needs and values. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPOR DERR1-10.2196/11745

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

10.20944/preprints201912.0372.v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko

Keyword(s):

Empirical Studies ◽

Responsible Innovation ◽

The European Union ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Open Questions ◽

White Spots ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

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.

Operationalising Responsible Research and Innovation – tools for enterprises

Engineering Management in Production and Services ◽

10.2478/emj-2019-0017 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 21-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko ◽

Borisas Melnikas

Keyword(s):

Business Environment ◽

Maturity Models ◽

Horizon 2020 ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Novel Approach ◽

Conceptual Problems ◽

Responsible Research ◽

Innovation Community

Abstract Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an emerging paradigm and a novel approach to governing science and innovation with the aim of making them ethically acceptable and socially desirable. RRI concept has become a popular term as a result of making it a cross-cutting theme for the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. Up to date, research on the topic has focused on conceptual problems (relation with similar concepts as well as ethical, moral, philosophical, cultural underpinnings and assumptions) and on the possibilities of making the concept relevant to the Research & Innovation community in Europe and worldwide. Despite some initial efforts, there is still a need to further develop methods and techniques that could make RRI a useful framework for conducting innovation activities, especially in the business environment. The aim of this paper is to propose a range of approaches that help operationalise RRI. The approaches employ methods such as weighted indicators, maturity models and scorecards.

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

Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity ◽

10.3390/joitmc6010012 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 12 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lukasz Nazarko

Keyword(s):

Empirical Studies ◽

Responsible Innovation ◽

The European Union ◽

Research And Innovation ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Open Questions ◽

White Spots ◽

Europe 2020 ◽

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 the 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 they are conducting innovation activities, RRI problems are 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 focus is the problem of RRI acceptance as a global framework for responsible innovation and the scarcity of suitable instruments that may help industries understand and adopt this concept. The main contributions of this paper include critical analysis of the RRI concept and its implications for industry, proposing a concept of an RRI index for innovating enterprises.