ABSTRACT

Responsible Research and Innovation provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the European Commission’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework, including discussion of both the meaning and aims of the concept, and of its practical application.

As a governance framework for research and innovation, RRI involves four key perspectives: ethical, economic/business, legal and governance and political. The book is organised into chapters covering these different dimensions. The authors provide different viewpoints on these aspects, in order to offer guidance from experts in the field, while at the same time acknowledging the interpretative openness of the RRI frameworks.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

RRI: A critical-constructive approach

part |65 pages

Ethical features of Responsible Research and Innovation

chapter |24 pages

The discourse of responsibility

A social perspective

chapter |15 pages

Responsibility beyond consequentialism

The EEE approach to responsibility in the face of epistemic constraints 1

part |75 pages

The political dimension of Responsible Research and Innovation

chapter |22 pages

Technocracy versus experimental learning in RRI

On making the most of RRI’s interpretative flexibility

chapter |30 pages

Ever deeper research and innovation governance?

Assessing the uptake of RRI in member states’ research and innovation programmes

part |71 pages

Avoiding the instrumentalization of Responsible Research and Innovation

part |84 pages

The innovative management of Responsible Research and Innovation