RRING Workshop 1 Session 1 The relevance and

RRING Workshop 1 – Session 1 The relevance and challenges of RRI in non-European countries South Africa 11 February 2021 - ZOOM H 2020 Responsible Research and Innovation Networked Globally – DSI-NRF INITIATIVES Penny Haworth – NRF-SAIAB Shadrack Mkansi – NRF-SAASTA Bafedile Kgwadi – NRF-SAASTA Duduzile Kubheka – NRF-SAASTA

RRI context Pathways to Transformation Conference, Brussels June 2019 Source: RRING Project Initiation Document (PID)

Organisational Context SAIAB – Research Institute Case study for NUCLEUS SAASTA - South African SAASTA Consortium Partner South African Partner

Operational Context • Science Awareness – – – National Science Week NUCLEUS RRING Science Festivals SA Network of Science Centres • Programmatic Support Grant Initiative • Science Centre Capacity Building – Building, managing and travelling exhibits – Creating science awareness platforms • Science Education – – – – Role Modelling Teacher Training Natural Science Olympiad Conferences ASTEMI Competitions Astro Quiz Techno Youth Learner support • Science Communication – Bloodhound SSC – Hydrogen South Africa Public Awareness, Education and Demonstration Platform – Nanotechnology Public Engagement Programme – Public Understanding of Biotechnology – SA Science Lens – Young Science Communicators – Famelab – School Debates – Youth Journalism Programme

Implementation context SAIAB – Case study New Understanding of Communication, Learning and Engagement in Universities and Scientific Institutions • Four-year EU-funded Horizon 2020 project • Focused on encouraging transformative change in the policy and culture of organisations to make Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) a reality in universities and research institutions. The NUCLEUS project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 664932. 5

Background to NRF involvement in Horizon 2020 NUCLEUS project • NRF-SAASTA representatives met with staff of Rhine-Waal University at the Beijing Science Festival - 2013 • Discussion on RRI collaboration involving other countries where South Africa was an option for an external partner • Horizon 2020 funding programme: NUCLEUS funding awarded for four years (€ 4 Million) 14 countries and 25 partners • Theme: Science for and with Society • NRF-SAASTA Collaborating partner • NRF-SAIAB: case study (Embedded Nucleus) for RRI August 2017 – June 2019 Rest of Africa Responsible Research and Innovation Networked Globally - RRING • NRF-SAASTA collaborating with 22 other partners as representative for Africa • RRING project awarded funding for three years (€ 3 Million) • The RRING project is conceptualised to form a network of all global RRI projects 1065, 4 km 10 hr 47 min via N 1

Towards a ‘DNA of RRI’ - What we learned *RRI ≠ Science Engagement *No need to reinvent the wheel • • Reflect – Recognise RRI in current practice; Recognise gaps; Work to your strengths Adapt RRI to address specific challenges and build on existing foundations • Align RRI with organisational values, national imperatives & relevant SDGs • Strategise – actively build RRI into governance & strategic planning • Tell your story - illustrate RRI in practice (tell your story, tell your story) 7

Benefits for NRF and SA Local - RRI involves management structures across the NRF and government • • • SAASTA - H 2020 partnerships bring different NRF operational divisions together: e. g. Legal, International Relations, Finance; SAASTA Science Education & Communication NRF National Facility, SAIAB used as a case study for embedding RRI in a research Institute DSI White Paper on Science & Innovation and Science Engagement Strategy both include RRI among aims and objectives DSI/NRF Research Chairs in Science Communication NRF working groups establishing Frameworks for RRI and Engaged Research SAASTA’s role in science governance evolving – e. g. coordination of UNESCO Recommendations for Science and Scientific Researchers (RSSR) South African report – multi-organisational report including implementation of science engagement for the first time. Global - Networking through Science Engagement & RRI partnerships • • • China – Science festivals, science literacy and science engagement and communication Discussions about RRI in Beijing in 2013 resulted in NUCLEUS Project Network NUCLEUS Project enabled collaboration with the Australian Volunteer Network to provide a project placement NUCLEUS project created other networks – RRING and GRRIP which provided another project placement Membership of a growing global community of practice Covid-19 pandemic - global networking of science centres including South Africa, sub. Saharan Africa, Europe, USA, Middle East and Australasia to discuss the pandemic.

Making RRI relevant PATHWAYS TO TRANSFORMATION CONFERENCE, Brussels, June 2019 newsletters - http: //www. nucleus-project. eu/newsletter/ v In any conversation or collaboration, there will be multiple realities and framings. Be flexible: RRI = different things to different people v Be prepared to change v Start small v Embrace diversity – give everyone a voice v Listen v Acknowledge sectoral, geophysical & cultural strengths v Adapt to challenges posed by history v Recognise gaps v Share skills and expertise across networks v Foster multi-institutional partnerships; multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary projects v Co-create pathways to transformation – http: //pathways 2019. eu/declaration/ v If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again…

Thank you Simon Sinek NRF-SAIAB #Living. RRI You Tube videos Lessons from the Implementation of RRI at SAIAB – produced by Nucleus Communications team 2019 SAIAB – produced to commemorate SAIAB’s 50 years as a research institute 1969 -2019 www. nucleus-project. eu www. saiab. ac. za www. saasta. ac. za www. nrf. ac. za Ref: Haworth, P. S. , & Dijkstra, A. M. (2019). Putting responsible research and innovation into practice at a local level in South Africa. In P. Weingart, M. Joubert, & B. Falade (Eds. ), Science Communication in South Africa. Reflections on Current Issues (pp. 45 -72). Cape Town: African Minds. http: //www. africanminds. co. za/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Science-Communication-in-South-Africa-WEB. pdf