Responsible Research and Innovation: Options for Research and Innovation Policy in the Eu
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Responsible Research and Innovation is set to become an important cross cutting theme for the EC Horizon 2020 programme. This report aims to provide ERIAB with a concise overview of the state of the art in terms of how RRI is being framed and how it is emerging both in policy and practice. It also presents a set of concise recommendations for ERIAB to consider in terms of immediate next steps in the context of Horizon 2020. Much of the academic discussion concerning RRI has emerged from disciplines such as Science and Technology Studies (a branch of social sciences) and humanities (e.g. philosophy), notably within the Science and Society domain at the EC. These have provided important foundations for RRI, defining broad conceptual approaches, frameworks and a philosophical underpinning. I will briefly summarise these, signposting ERIAB to further sources of information for reference. Although discussions are very much ongoing, some distinct commonalities have emerged in terms of how RRI is being framed, which I will describe. What many are now turning to consider, and indeed a few public funders of research are experimenting with, is how to move RRI from words to deeds in a meaningful and constructive manner, and what the EC might do
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