ABSTRACT
The primary objective of the Societal Readiness Thinking Tool by Nielsen et al. Researchers could foresee and anticipate the possible risks and social impacts of their research projects, made apparent by the questions presented in the SR TT. Internal or external evaluators may use the tool to monitor the implementation of RRI in research projects. The tool adopts a stage-gating-inspired approach that divides the development process into discrete stages punctuated by decision gates. Decision gates are characterized by the four phases common to most research projects. The four phases include research design and formulation; implementation, data collection and testing; data analysis and evaluation, and launching and dissemination.
