Results

Final Results and Overview

Policy Briefs

• RRI in H2020: Current status and steps forward
• Lacking integration of societal needs and ethical concerns into European research and innovation policy severely limits the ability to tackle ‘grand challenges’
• Policy Transfer and Shared Knowledge Base Learning from Policy Implementation
• Stimulating Responsible Research and Innovation with the online Societal Readiness Thinking Tool

Deliverables

• Current Status of RRI (Deliverable 1.3)
• Diagnosis in Excellence Science (Deliverable 2.1)
• Diagnosis in Industrial Leadership (Deliverable 3.1)
• RRI in Diversity of Approaches (Deliverable 5.1)
• Ensuring Societal Readiness: A Thinking Tool (Deliverable 6.1)
• Framework for comparative assessment (Deliverable 8.1)

Publications

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• Bernstein, M. J., Nielsen, M. W., & Alnor, E. (2022). The societal readiness thinking tool: A practical resource for maturing the societal readiness of research projects. Science and Engineering Ethics, 28(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00360-3
• Blok, V., Loeber, A., Wunderle, U., & Braun, R. (2020). COVID-19 and the onlineification of research: Kick-starting a dialogue on Responsible online Research and Innovation (RoRI). Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1764837
• Blok, V., & von Schomberg, L. (2023). Introduction. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, Vol. 40, pp. 1–7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_1
• Braun, R., & Griessler, E. (2018). More democratic research and innovation. Journal of Science Communication. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.17030304
• Braun, R., & Starkbaum, J. (2023). Stakeholders in research and innovation: Towards responsible governance. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 229–247). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_12
• Cohen, J. B. (2022). Institutionalizing public engagement in research and innovation: Toward the construction of institutional entrepreneurial collective. Science and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac021
• Cohen, J. B., Bajanca, F., Lam, M. E., Stroobants, K., Novitzky, P., Björnmalm, M., & Kismihók, G. (2019). Towards responsible research career assessment. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/3560479
• Cohen, J. B., & Gianni, R. (2023). Democratic experimentation with responsibility: A pragmatist approach to responsible research and innovation. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 57–77). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_4
• Cohen, J. B., Loeber, A. M. C., Marschalek, i., Bernstein, M. J., Blok, V., Tabarés, R., Gianni, R., Griessler, E., & [and others]. (2024). From experimentation to structural change: Fostering institutional entrepreneurship for public engagement in research and innovation. Science and Public Policy, 51(2), 324–336. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad065
• Daimer, S., Berghäuser, H., & Lindner, R. (2023). The institutionalisation of a new paradigm at policy level. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 35–56). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_3
• Daimer, S., Havas, A., Cuhls, K., Yorulmaz, M., & Vrgovic, P. (2021). Multiple futures for society, research, and innovation in the European Union: Jumping to 2038. Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2021.1978692
• Frankus, E., & Hönigmayer, H. (2023). Engaging stakeholders by implementing RRI in the social lab process – A single case study. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 193–207). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_10
• Gerber, A., Forsberg, E. M., Shelley-Egan, C., Arias, R., Daimer, S., Dalton, G., … Steinhaus, N. (2020). Joint declaration on mainstreaming RRI across Horizon Europe. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 7(3), 708–711. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1764837
• Gianni, R. (2019). Choosing freedom: Ethical governance for responsible research and innovation. In R. von Schomberg & J. Hankins (Eds.), International handbook on responsible innovation: A global resource. Edward Elgar. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781784718862/book-part-9781784718862-10.xml
• Gianni, R., Pearson, J., & Reber, B. (Eds.). (2018). Responsible research and innovation: From concepts to practices. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315457291/responsible-research-innovation-robert-gianni-john-pearson-bernard-reber
• Gianni, R. (2020). Scientific and democratic relevance of RRI – Dimensions and relations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315457291
• Griessler, E., & Blok, V. (2023). Conclusion: Implementation of responsible research and innovation by social labs. Lessons from the micro-, meso- and macro perspective. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 273–284). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_14
• Griessler, E., Braun, R., Wicher, M., & Yorulmaz, M. (2023). The drama of responsible research and innovation: The ups and downs of a policy concept. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 11–34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_2
• Loeber, A., Bernstein, M. J., & Nieminen, M. (2023). Implementing responsible research and innovation: From new public management to new public governance. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 211–228). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_11
• Long, T. B., & Blok, V. (2023). Managing the responsibilities of doing good and avoiding harm in sustainability-orientated innovations: Example from agri-tech start-ups in the Netherlands. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 249–272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_13
• Marschalek, i., Seebacher, L. M., Unterfrauner, E., Handler, K., & Hofer, M. (2023). Social labs in public engagement processes for RRI. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 147–169). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_8
• Marschalek, i., et al. (2022). The social lab as a method for experimental engagement in participatory research. Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2051137
• Novitzky, P., Bernstein, M.J., M.J., Block, V., Braun, R., Chan, T.T., Lamers, W., Loeber, A., Meijer, I., Lindner, R., Griessler, E. (2020). Improve alignment of research policy and societal values. Science, 369, 39–41. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb3415
• Schoisswohl, U., Wunderle, U., Studený, L., Michiels van Kessenich, L., & Weinlinger, P. (2023). Joining forces – staying unique: Adapting RRI to different research and innovation funding agency contexts. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 101–119). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_6
• Silvikko de Villafranca, M., Turcanu, C., Yorulmaz, M., Bela, G., Hönigmayer, H., Bruchhausen, M., & Kenens, J. (2022). Nuclear dating: Sharing experiences, knowledges and views on responsible research and innovation in the nuclear field. Radioprotection, 57(3), 249–255. https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2022017
• Tabarés, R., & Bierwirth, A. (2023). Cultural particularities and its role in the “innovation divide”: A closer look at the origins of “spreading excellence and widening participation”. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 79–99). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_5
• Tabares, R., et al. (2022). Challenges in the implementation of responsible research and innovation across Horizon 2020. Journal of Responsible Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2101211
• Warnke, P., Bratan, T., & Wunderle, U. (2023). Public engagement in the tradition of participatory approaches – An approximation. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 123–146). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_7 Yorulmaz, M., & Bührer, S. (2023). Exploring the ambivalent nature of diversity in social experimental settings: First insights from social labs established to promote responsible research and innovation. In V. Blok (Ed.), Putting responsible research and innovation into practice: A multi-stakeholder approach (pp. 171–191). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14710-4_9