Science policy

Hahn, Julia, and Miltos Ladikas. "Responsible Research and Innovation: a Global Perspective." Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 10 (2014): 9-27. AbstractWebsite

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a normative concept that has captured considerable attention on the Science and Technology (S&T) policy level, but also in academic discourses. It represents a new approach to how science, innovation and research can be shaped in accordance with societal values that builds directly on the concepts and methodologies of Technology Assessment (TA). The definition and operationalization aspects of RRI remain still unclear although key ingredients such as ethical acceptability are well established in S&T debates and embrace a spectrum of standard methodological approaches. In this paper we review the conceptual debate on RRI with a focus on its constituent parts. We then present a functional comparison between RRI and TA that proves the considerable conceptual overlap in the two approaches. We argue that TA methodologies and precepts should be employed as key operationalisational features in RRI. Finally we argue for a global perspective on RRI by describing a case study on global ethics in S&T that introduces an analytical framework for ethics debates.

10th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015, 9:00am - Saturday, July 11, 2015, 12:42am

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Bendikt  Rosskamp

Bendikt Rosskamp

PhD student/University of Liège

Doctorant au Département de Science Politique

Licencié en sociologie (2008, UCL)
Master en information et communication (2008, UCL)

Matières de prédilection : Science, Technologie et Société ; méthodes participatives ; évaluation technologique ; institutionnalisation

Evaluation in Science and Technology

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Summer
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2021

Prof. João Goulão Crespo