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WHAT IS RRI?

Marzia Mazzonetto from Ecsiteand RRI Tools project.

With the collaboration of ATHENA Institute-VU Amsterdam

WWW.ECSITE.EU WWW.RRI-TOOLS.EU

It all started a couple of years ago…

Decision making on Research and Innovation should actively engage societal stakeholders and lead to acceptable innovations addressing societal needs:Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI)


… at the beginning it sounded quite familiar…

“4 dimensions of RRI”:- Anticipatory- Inclusive- Reflexive- Responsive

Stilgoe, J., Owen, R., & Macnaghten, P. (2013)

“4 dimensions of RRI”:- Anticipatory- Inclusive- Reflexive- Responsive

Stilgoe, J., Owen, R., & Macnaghten, P. (2013)


… and then it became a bit too complex…


RRI Tools: a new working definition for RRI

This means that research and innovation can only be labelled ‘responsible’ in case (1) they are aimed at particular outcomes and (2) certain process requirements are met.

Responsible Research and Innovation is a dynamic, iterative process by which all stakeholders involved in the R&I practice become mutually responsive and share responsibility regarding both the outcomes and process requirements.

1) RRI’s aim is to create a society in which research and innovation practices strive towards sustainable, ethically acceptable, and socially desirable outcomes;

2) RRI does so in such a way that the responsibility for our future is shared by all people and institutions affected by and involved in research and innovation practices.


ScienceEducation

Ethics

GenderEquality

Governance

PublicEngagement

OpenAccess

Process Requirement

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

Engaging a variety of

stakeholder groups

Wide range

Demographic

diversitySufficient 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 ender, ethnicity, class, age and other demographics?

Are sufficiently many perspectives and participants included, such that eventual outcomes are robust (ScienceWise, 2013)?

Openness and Trans-

parency

Honest and clear (re-)

presentation

Open and clear communication

about the deliberation

and decision-making

Open and clear communication about results

Appropriate means and content of

communication and education

per actor

Openness to critical scrutiny

from all stakeholders

Anticipation and

Reflection

Analysis of background, situation and

context

Envisioning of plausible futures

Variety of impacts

Facilitate deliberation on values, needs,

interests, choices and

problem definitions

Addressing roles in RI trajectories

Responsive-ness and Adaptive Change

Structure for seeking and incorporating

feedback

Flexible process

management

Development and

implementation of evaluation

strategiesFlexible

attitudes to revise views and actions

Changing responsibilities

Application of results


RRI Outcomes

Learning outcomesRRI should lead to empowered, responsible actors (citizens, scientists, policymakers, NGOs, CSOs, educators, businesses and innovators). Structures and organisations where these actors function should create opportunity for and provide support to actors to be responsible, ensuring that RRI becomes (and remains) a solid and continuous reality.

R&I outcomesRRI practices should strive for ethically acceptable, sustainable and socially desirable outcomes. Solutions are found in opening up science through continuous meaningful deliberation with societal actors. In the end, the incorporation of societal voices in R&I will lead to relevant applications of science.

Solutions to societal challengesToday’s societies face several challenges. The European Commission has formulated seven ‘Grand Challenges’ as one of the three main pillars of the Horizon 2020 programme. In order to support European policy, R&I endeavours should contribute to finding solutions for these societal challenges.

‘Learning for doing’

‘Learning for governance’

‘Learning for learning’

RRI Tools

Classifying promising practices

HAO2PULSEMarlisco

Challenge-driven InnovationVoicesForschungswende

Frame Reflection LabXplore HealthNanopinion

RRI as a societal learning process


HAO2

Small British company that aims to promote the societal inclusion of individuals who are often excluded from employment, especially people with disabilities (such as autism)

R&A

A&R

O&T

Diversity & Inclusion


Challenge-driven Innovation

Program by Swedish innovation agency VINNOVA. It funds research and innovation aimed at tackling societal challenges that involves all relevant stakeholders. Its three-stage funding scheme is very implementation -oriented and has built in mechanisms for promoting responsiveness and adaptive change.

D&I

A&R

O&T

Respon-siveness & Adaptive change


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

Remarkable patterns


One of the lessons the RRI Tools project has learned so far, is that changes in mentality and behaviour are required for RRI to become successful.

Such shifts in mentality and behaviour require an overarching vision for change that people can relate to and that can help stakeholders form a coalition for change for people to truly relate to it, values underlying the idea of RRI should be clear.

Core values of RRI: (1) democratic values regarding participation and power, (2) social and moral values regarding the care for the future of our planet and its people, (3) individual and institutional values of open-mindedness or receptiveness to change.

ATHENA, VU University Amsterdam & RRI Tools Partners (D1.3)

Beyond outcomes and process requirements: VALUES


Playing an active role in Responsible Innovation for institutions involved in public engagement with S&T means… continue doing what you already do (in public engagement, science education, etc.) and integrate it with new challenges/practices, such as:- Approaching the research community, not only involving scientists in

bringing science closer to the public (i.e. Researchers Night, etc.), but also bringing the public’s needs more evident to the scientists.

- Approaching policy makers, not only advocating for the importance of continuity in public engagement and research activities (i.e. PLACES), but also convincing them of the role you can play as interfaces/moderators between different actors (i.e. VOICES) – and that they should not be scared!

- Approaching industry and private businesses, not only looking for $$$ but understanding their interests and motivations, showing them the advantages of being “responsible”, and the role you can play in the process.

RRI: what is in there for you?

Thank you

Marzia Mazzonetto [email protected]

sparks project: kick-off rri tool. marzia mazzonetto

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