Responsible Research and Innovation:
From theory to practice
Dinsdag 6 September 2016 Focusdag Brussel
Gerrit Rauws
- Partner RRI Tools
- Multistakeholder dialogue for prioritysetting in medical research
- European Foundations Award for Responsible Research and Innovation - Funding medical research
KBF: 15 years of activities on science and society
We first need to
educate citizens before they can participate!
RRI—that’s just old wine in new bottles…
I find it difficult to grasp.
What is it and why is it important?
RRI is about much more than only research! It is too demanding for researchers!
Science needs to
become Responsible?
So scientists are irresponsible now?!
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RRI is the end of
‘true’ science!!
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The RRI concept
Outcomes Processes
RRI
Policy issues Actors
and considering specific key issues RRI is about:
Policy Makers
Research Community
Civil Society Organisations
Business & Industry Education
Community
Science Education
Ethics
Gender Equality
Governance
Open Access Public
Engagement Diverse and
Inclusive
Open and Transparent
Responsive and Adaptive
Anticipative and Reflective
including all actors,
and process dimensions
The process dimensions imply
Diversity and Inclusion
Anticipation and Reflection
Openness Transparency and Responsiveness
and Adaptive Change
R&I should care about how its own dynamic will affect future
R&I should be narrated to society in a meaningful and honest way New and more public
needs to be early involved and listened in R&I
R&I needs values and processes to adapt to emerging knowledge or needs
There is also a large consensus that changes are needed in the governance of R&I
Certain key issues need to be taken into account in the R&I system:
GENDER EQUALITY Human resources
and research dimension ETHICS
Research integrity
OPEN ACCESS To results from publicly funded research, privacy
issues...
GOVERNANCE Structural change to
include in the R&I system all these issues
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Towards a more open and
inclusive R&I
SCIENCE EDUCATION Providing competences
for the responsible citizens society needs
ETHICS GENDER EQUALITY
OPEN ACCESS
In R&I human resources and in research content. In decision making bodies...
Research Integrity, Plagiarism, Ethics Education as part of research training, ethics of scientific policy advice, Role of Ethics Committees...
Repositories, golden and green tracks, open data management plans...
You have been implementing....
But there are other crucial elements as public engagement ....
Actively initialising research
- Science shops, patient organisations, CSOs, … Setting R&I agendas
- - ONG’s, patient organisations, trade unions, citizen meetings, … Supervising R&I
- Advisory boards and research ethic committee, … Collect data (citizen science)
- In astronomy, ornitology, environmental monitoring, …
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
R&I outcomes
• Ethically acceptable
• Environmentally sustainable
• Socially desirable innovations
Societal impacts
Contribute to solving societal challenges
e.g. Grand Challenges (EU)
Learning outcomes
• Engaged Publics
• Responsible actors
• Responsible institutions
Actors think and act according to principles of RRI
RRI process institutionalized in academia and other relevant organizations
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RRI Outcomes & Impacts
Citizens empowered with competences to engage in RRI process effectively
Society is facing many challenges today; just to name a few…
Health, demographic
change, and wellbeing
Food, agriculture &
forestry, and water
Secure, clean and efficient
energy
Smart, green and integrated
transport
Climate action, environment, and resources
Secure societies:
freedom and security of Europe and its
citizens
R&I plays a crucial role in solving these challenges for a brighter future
In short
RRI’s aim is to create a society in which R&I practices strive towards sustainable, ethically acceptable, and socially desirable outcomes.
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 R&I.
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