Responsible Research and Innovation Enhancing Responsible Research and

Responsible Research and Innovation Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education (En. RRICH)

Today’s session Introduction to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Explore your own work using RRI How could you use RRI to enrich/deepen your work? What can the Science Shop do to support you in building RRI into your work?

What is Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – in our own words? In a nutshell: Solving real-world problems collaboratively Research and innovation (including applied research) addressing research questions from society Collaborations between researchers, policymakers, civil society organisations (CSOs), statutory bodies and industry at all stage of the research process

Revised working definition (EC 2015) (recognising there is no consensus) ‘A transparent, interactive process by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view on the (ethical) acceptability, sustainability and societal desirability of the innovation process and its marketable products’ (Von Schomberg 2011) http: //ec. europa. eu/research/swafs/pdf/pub_rri/rri_indicators_final_version. pdf

New working definition (RRI Tools 2015) Responsible Research and Innovation is a dynamic, iterative process whereby all stakeholders involved in the Research and Innovation practice become mutually responsive and share responsibility regarding both the outcomes and process requirements. http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

RRI Values democratic values regarding participation and power social and moral values regarding the care for the future of our planet and its people individual and institutional values of open-mindedness or receptiveness to change http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

From RRI Tools: Processes and key issues Social Justice Sustainability http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 54 -48 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f Pink Additions: https: //ec. europa. eu/research/swafs/pdf/pub_public_engagement/responsible-research-and-innovation-leaflet_en. pdf

Diversity and inclusion involving a wide range of stakeholders in the early development of research, particularly in science and technology considering a wide range of methods to engage diverse stakeholders, including the public ensuring diversity within RRI institutions broadening and diversifying the sources of knowledge, expertise, disciplines and perspectives inclusive practices should lead to diverse practices, and vice-versa http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

Openness and transparency Open, clear communication about The nature of the research/innovation project, including funding/resources Decision-making processes and governance The research data and results To ensure accountability, critical scrutiny, and responsibility. To build public trust in science, innovation and politics, and vice versa, and mutual understanding. information to be tailored to the needs of stakeholders in order to be useful to them http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

Anticipation and reflexivity understanding the current context for research and innovation – from a diverse range of perspectives considering the environmental, economic and social impact of the research/innovation project, from short-term to long -term impacts reflecting on the definitions of the problem(s) at hand, commitments, and practices being open to changes in direction reflecting on individual and institutional values, assumptions, practices and responsibilities http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

Responsiveness and adaptive change responding to emerging knowledge, data, perspectives, views and norms Ongoing evaluations with stakeholders Applying new knowledge from the research or innovation project to create change changing patterns of thought and behaviour changing roles and responsibilities changing overarching organizational structures and systems. http: //www. rri-tools. eu/documents/10182/18424/D 1. 3_Quality. Criteria. Good. Practice. Standards. pdf/f 7 a 1 d 707 -5 e 5448 cb-949 b-053 dc 7 c 6 f 36 f

(How) Can you/do you use RRI to deepen/enrich your work? Do you have strengths in any of these RRI process requirements that you could build on? Is there anything about your current processes that this framework could be used to strengthen? Are any of the RRI process requirements weaker, or even missing from your curriculum? Could it be adapted to include them? Are there other potential ways of introducing RRI into the curriculum here in QUB

How can we support you with building RRI into your work? Encouraging and stimulating debate in the university on this idea Sharing resources developed in the project Potential to trial a 1 -hour workshop with students on RRI as part of a module We will be supporting at least one project to explore RRI in depth in a module, as a case study, this academic year – are you interested?

Conference – Living Knowledge 7 Dublin 22 -24 June 2016 Call for submissions www. livingknowledge. org/lk 7 Deadline for submission of papers Jan 7 th Science Shop will offer bursaries for lecturers to cover conference fees LK 7 will offer bursaries to students/community partners