Welcome to the legacy site for the NewHoRRIzon project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program (Grant Agreement 741402). The mission was to integrate Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) into European research and innovation systems. Explore the resources, tools, and results on the following pages.

Project Description

May 2017 – September 2021
Funded by Horizon 2020 (European Commission)

NewHoRRIzon was a project that aimed at further integrating Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in the research and innovation systems on national and international levels. The concept of RRI is an approach which intends to bridge gaps between science, research and innovation communities and society at large by fostering more inclusive, anticipatory, open and responsive research and innovation systems. In this frame, multiple stakeholders (from research, business, policy making, education and civil society) are involved in research and innovation on the project and system level to better align its processes and outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of society. A first big step was the operationalisation of RRI into the following six key elements: ethics, gender equality, governance, public engagement, science education and open access.

Find more information about the project and its results on the CORDIS website.

Objectives

  1. foster the integration of RRI into European, national and local Research and Innovation practice and funding
  2. organise 19 Social Labs and co-create pilot actions and activities and develop narratives and storylines based on the experience from these pilots
  3. develop and disseminate a concept of Societal Readiness of Technology (= Societal Readiness Levels)
  4. raise awareness on Responsible Research and Innovation and mainstream RRI best practices and NewHoRRIzon results
  5. provide results on how to better integrate RRI into the next European Framework Programme
  6. create a RRI Network including the national funding agencies and develop a RRI community starting with a RRI Ambassadors programme.
Watch the interviews from the NewHoRRIzon​ Kick-off meeting in Vienna, in May 2017

Project Consortium

Project Consortium at Kick Off Meeting, Vienna, May 2017
  • Institut für höhere Studien – Institute for Advanced Studies (Coordinator, Austria)
  • Aarhus Universitet (Denmark)
  • Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Finland)
  • Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (Austria)
  • Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Germany)
  • Wageningen University (Netherlands)
  • Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (France)
  • Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation (Spain)
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • GenØk – Senter for Biosikkerhet (Norway)
  • Euroscience Association (France)
  • Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusagentuur (Estonia)
  • Technologická Agentura České Republiky (Czechia)
  • Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH (Austria)
  • Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler e.V. (Germany)
  • Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands)
  • Ministerie van Economische Zaken (Netherlands)
  • The University of the West Indies (UWI) (Jamaica)
  • Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Colombia)
  • Education and Youth Board Estonia Universiteit Maastricht (Netherlands)