21st EARMA Conference 28th June – 1st July, 2015. Leiden, The Netherlands
Tools for Responsible Research and Innovation
Ignasi López Verdeguer, La Caixa Foundation
@ignasilopezv / [email protected]
| Index
- Responsible Research and innovation (RRI). Why?
- RRI, what in practice? RRI Tools - RRI, how?
1st session
2nd session
- Interactive session: Obstacles, opportunities and tools
• We promote excellent research by giving support to projects -in the areas of Life and Health sciences and Social sciences and the Humanities- and individuals -PhD students fellowships-
• We give priority to research and innovation of high social impact and we stimulate technology transference.
• We foster Responsible Research and Innovation and a closer and efficient relation between science and society
Research
Innovation
Society
Science Programs
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“We need ambition at a policy level to support the best
science for the world and not just the best science in the
world” !
Morten Østergaard “Science in Dialogue Conference”.
Opening session. Denmark
Why Responsible research and innovation (RRI)?
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6/30/2015healthy ageing
climate change
clean energy
Why RRI? Grand Challenges
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Science and technology deliver innovations that
improve the quality of live and help us to deal with the grand challenges
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robocare Organismos genéticamente modificados
big dataintensive farming
drones
But some innovations fail,
may have unexpected (negative)
consequences or are controversial
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The biggest part of the world
farmaceutical research goes to
diseases of the rich world
The Guardian. Special Report. Aids.
...not all voices are equally heard...
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Special Eurobarometer 401. Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Science and Technology
What is the level of involvement citizens should have when it comes to decisions made about science and technology? Answer: Public dialogue is required (Req: 55% - Not Req: 37%)
77% of Europeans believe that science and technology have a positive impact !62% agree that science makes our way of life change too fast
55% think that public dialogue is recquired!
... Society wants to participate in the decisions of science
|... From technology acceptance
to technology acceptability
SMART METERS IN THE NETHERLANDS
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Scientific Misbehavior in Economics. LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog
...R&I assessment.
Preasure for publishing -> Scientific misconduct?
Reproducibility
| Political impulse
• Endorsed by private research foundations. http://www.efc.be/news_events/Pages/news_EFC-Research-Forum-Statement-on-Responsible-Research-and-Innovation.aspx
• A cross cutting issue in Horizon 2020
• RRI Rome Declaration endorsed by the Council of Competitiveness http://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/pdf/rome_declaration_RRI_final_21_November.pdf !
• Endorsed by research councils as the EPSRC and the NWO
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What is Responsible research and innovation (RRI)? !RRI Tools
| RRI Tools, the “problem”
Engagement Science
EducationEthicsGender Equality
Open Access
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COORDINATOR
DEPUTY COORDINATOR
HUBS COORDINATOR
WP1 LEADER
WP2 LEADER
WP4 LEADER
WP5 LEADER
WP6 LEADER
NETWORKS
www.rri-tools.eu
Budget: 6,9 Milion €. Funded by the EC under the 7th FM Program
The proposal: RRI Tools
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•The AB provides strategic guidance and support to the project coordinator and the Management Board to ensure excellence and relevance of the project. Meets on a yearly basis.• Composed by 12 renowned experts on RRI or
RRI key issues: • Richard Owen (RRI) • Carsten Mann (Governance) • Lars Klüver (Governance, Engagement) • Inés Sánchez de Madariaga (Gender) • Lut Mergaert (Gender) • Claudia Neubauer (Engagement) • Justin Dillon (Education) • Roser Pintó (Education) • Pere Puigdomenech (Ethics) • Prof. Jeroen van den Hoven (Ethics) • Maria Cassella (Open Access) • David Lynn / David Carr (Open Access)
The proposal: RRI Tools
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University College London
Science Gallery
Vetenskap & Allmänhet
AHHAA Science Centre Foundation
Experimentarium
Polish Science Foundation
Science Animation
IrsiCaixa
Ciencia Viva
Fendazione Cariplo
Ellinogermaniki Agegi
RUSE Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Centre fot the Premotien of Science
Techmania Science Centre
Bonn Science Shop
Athena Institute
King Baudeuin Foundation
Zentrum for Social Innovation
MOBILIS
INNOVATIVE TOOLS
TRANSFORMATIVE
TRAINNING
WIDE DISSEMINATION
RRI Hubs
| Where we are
WP1 - An RRI working definition - A set of quality criteria for good
practice standards - A catalogue of RRI promising
practices
WP2 - A wide PanEuropean
consultation on the obstacles and motivations for stakeholders to implement RRI
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THE TOOLKIT
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Engagement Science
Education
Ethics
Open Access/Open
science
Gender Equality
!- Context adapted. European
vision. - Builds on ongoing efforts - Some policy agendas normative,
some not.
!- Conceptually robust - Universal - Too recent, not fully
developed !
RRI working definition – Two visions: Academic vs. political
And beyond...
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Ethics
Gender Equality
Governance
Public Engagement
Open Access
Science Education
RRI Key Issues
RRI working definition (WP1)
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Science Education
Ethics
Gender Equality
Governance
Public Engagement
Open Access
PROCESS REQUIREMENTS
Responsible research and innovation is a dynamic, iterative process by which all stakeholders involved in the research and innovation practice (researchers, policy makers, industry, citizens, educators) become mutually responsive to each other and share responsibility regarding the R&I outcomes and processes.
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Science Education
Ethics
Gender Equality
Governance
Public Engagement
Open Access
OUTCOME REQUIREMENTS
LEARNING Outcomes · Engaged publics · Responsible actors · Responsible Institutions
R&I Outcomes · Ethically acceptable · Sustainable · Socially desirable
Solutions to Societal challenges · Health & demographics · Innovative & reflective societal · Food & water · Climate & resources · Energy · Transport · Security
PROCESS REQUIREMENTS
Responsible research and innovation is a dynamic, iterative process by which all stakeholders involved in the research and innovation practice (researchers, policy makers, industry, citizens, educators) become mutually responsive to each other and share the responsibility regarding the R&I outcomes and processes.
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Conditions for the research and innovation system
structures for governance structures for public engagement research integrity and research ethics
open access policy gender policy diversity policy
Science Education
Ethics
Gender Equality Governanc
ePublic Engagement
Open Access
PROCESS REQUIREMENTS
POLICY AGENDAS / CONDITIONS
R&I Outcomes
LEARNING Outcomes
Societal challenges
OUTCOMES / IMPACTS
| What is Responsible Research
and innovation
• It is Europe’s bet to overcome grand challenges and to provide new opportunities for research and innovation. !
• It is about doing science with and for society in a permanent dialogue between different stakeholders (researchers, industry, CSO’s...) to align research and innovation towards the needs of society and to become mutually responsive about its outcomes. !
• It is about research and innovation processes which are more divers and inclusive, open and transparent, anticipatory reflexive, responsive and adaptative. !
• It is a wide umbrella to the agendas of public engagement with science, science education, open access to scientific results, gender equality and ethics in research. !
• It is a cross-cutting issue in Horizon2020
| Where are we
WP1 - An RRI working definition (seen but
work in progress) - A set of quality criteria for good
practice standards - A catalogue of RRI promising
practices
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! - Based in literature, the consultation workshops, the promising practices collected by the hubs, feedback from project partners and RRI experts ! - Basic building blocks for developing a self-evaluating tool (or self-reflection tool) ! - Outcome: a set of quality criteria and sub criteria specified in the form of questions to enable reflection. Linked to Policy agendas !!!
D1.3 The quality criteria of Good Practice Standards in RRI
|Diversity and Inclusion
Engaging a variety of
stakeholder groups
Variety of means of
stakeholder engagement
Engagement of publics
Attention for appropriate R&I models
Institutional diversity
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Engaging a variety of stakeholde
r groups
Wide range
Demographic diversity
Sufficient
amount
Relevant voices
Is there a wide variety of stakeholders involved, such that there is a diversity of values and a diversity of types of knowledge/expertise?
Is there diversity in the stakeholders engaged such that all relevant voices are heard – silent as well as loud?
Is there diversity within the stakeholder groups involved in terms of gender, ethnicity, class, age and other demographics?
Are sufficiently many perspectives and participants included, such that eventual outcomes are robust (ScienceWise, 2013)?
Self-reflection tool
| What are we going to see today
D1.4 - A catalogue of Good Practice Standards in RRI
!• 51 completed surveys from 18 European countries. 31
selected. !
• Analysis and extensive description of: geographical impact, policy agenda addressed, stakeholders involved, grand challenge and research theme, process requirement fulfilled.
Several or all
6. Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
5. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing
2. Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy
3. Secure, clean and efficient energy
7. Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
4. Smart, green and integrated transport
0 4 7 11 14
| What are we going to see today
D1.4 - A catalogue of Good Practice Standards in RRI
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Offshore windmills design (Siemens – U Delft - NWO)
- Value sensitive design !
- Institutional design !
- Stakeholder analysis !
- Participatory integrated assesment !
- Social acceptance/ social acceptability !
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UGO, LA CERTIFICAZIONE PER
L'INNOVAZIONE RESPONSABILE
Socio-Technical integration Research
NWO program for RRI
|Remarkable patterns
1. Practices do not (have to) incorporate all RRI processes + outcomes
2. Most projects further away from R&I process. Selection bias or
fact?
3. Many RRI projects receive funding for a limited time (EC); difficult
to maintain the project or the product afterwards (continuity,
commitment)
4. There is more awareness/ consultation than participation
5. Inclusive deliberation in place, but what about policy impact and
change?
6. It's either Responsible Research or Responsible Innovation
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!D2.2 - Report on the analysis of needs and constraints of the stakeholder groups in RRI practices in Europe (to be developed by M. Smallman –UCL- in next session)
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!D3.2 (forthcoming) The Toolkit.
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Self-reflection toolSearch engine
Toolkit structure
STK landing pages PA landing pages
| Toolkit structure
STK landing pages
PA landing pages
Consortium experts + Advisory board + coordination
STK “rationales”
Policy Agenda Perspectives
| Toolkit structure
Very brief intro text with links to main documents
Short video specially developed for the target
A number of inspiring practices
Main tools
To know more... Go to the toolkit!
Work in
progress!!!
| Toolkit structure
Work in
progress!!!
|!The Toolkit.
!1) 1rst phase of tools. - Many useful resources have been developed on the different Policy agendas (and on RRI) in FP6, FP7 that are useful to apply RRI ... So first: a Collection of existing resources compiled by the project by
type of resource / Policy agenda tackled / stakeholder involved / grand challenge and/or research theme / others
!And - The 36 inspiring practices collected and thoroughly described in relation to RRI by the project
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|!The Toolkit.
tools
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Self-assessment tools
Tools to plan &
implement
Training & awareness tools
Dissemination & advocacy tools
Dedicated portals
Catalogues of tools
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I need a tool for assessment of RRI
Sustsanability: Users will be able to upload new resources. Moderation?
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Practitioners / experts ! Search engine
Toolkit structureI need a tool for
training CSOs staff on Open
Science in Biotechnology
I need a guide to implement RRI in
my research proposal
My university needs a Gender
equality plan and a Code for research integrity
|!The Toolkit.
!2nd phase of tools. !- Tools developed by WP3 after a gap analysis of the Toolkit V.0,
the needs of stakeholders and the ongoing efforts of new H2020 projects (as guidelines for researchers/research centres to implement RRI in their proposals...) and
- Tools developed by WP4, WP5 and WP6: Advocacy Training Dissemination tools. and Self-assessment tool !!!!
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Open questions
| Some open controversies... !Too top-down?
Before... ...during the R&I process... ...after
- Community based research
- Citizen science - Open science - Value sensitive design
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- Evidence based policy
- R&I impact assessment
- Participatory research agendas
- Technology foresight
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research
Industry and bussinnesseducators
Civil society
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All research problem-oriented? And what about basic science?
Project / individua
l research
er
Institution /
centre
R+D System / country /
region
RRI
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“We need ambition at a policy level to support the best
science for the world and not just the best science in the
world” !
Morten Østergaard “Science in Dialogue Conference”.
Opening session. Denmark
Why Responsible research and innovation (RRI)?
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Thank you!Ignasi López Verdeguer Belen Perat / Eva Zuazua Guillermo Santamaría Daniel García Paola Isseta
!And: IrsiCaixa (Rosina Malagrida, Josep Carreras) and