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Ellen-Marie Forsberg (Ostfold Research, formerly Oslo Metropolitan University)
RRI-Practice is financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme,under Grant Agreement no 709637, and runs from September 2016 to August 2019.
Some glimps into what we have contributed to in RRI-Practice
The University of Bristol has recently secured funding from the EPSRC for 10 major Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) across a range of engineering and science disciplines. RRI is a mandatory component of all of these (in fact in all 75 CDTs across the UK), with plans for credit bearing units on RRI, one to one training and a range of internal and external facing events.
The University of Campinas has announced the creation of a committee for scientific integrity.
ARC Fund – BulgariaIn 2019• RRI Vision will be finalised.• Code of Conduct will be completed. • Research Ethics Board will be established.• How-to guide on societal engagement will be
finalised. • ARC Fund’s policy on non-discrimination, gender
equality and diversity will be updated. • ARC Fund’s policy on open access will be
completed.
Department of Science and Technology (DST) India
The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a premier national research funding agency under DST, has come out with “SERB Scientific Social Responsibility Policy” in Feb. 2019.
The Biodesign Institute – Arizona State University
- Current RRI related changes at a cultural and leadership level, around recruiting and conceptualization of prospective new research centers, as well as in other day-to-day organizational decisions.
- The institute has added the RRI-Practice project’s primary investigator at ASU, David Guston, to its advisory board.
Wageningen University and Research
Formal launch event of the RRI-Practice Review and Outlook scheduled for 9 July 2019, with the Dean of Research and several others commenting on its importance for the organisation.
A consequence of the work has been the consideration of the notion of ‘responsibility’ as an organising concept for the work on better integrating ethics, gender and diversity in education at WUR.
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
A ‘Science in Society’ workgroup (April - July 2019) is established by the High Commissioner and the Administrator General, led by RRI-Practice project members and inspired by project work. The group’s task is optimizing and enhancing reflexivity and anticipation mechanisms at CEA. Its conclusions will be taken into account in the 2020 CEA evaluation by the HCERES agency. Practical implementations will include trainings in research integrity, establishing a complete procedure for ethics review, reinforcing educational activities, and broadening the scope of the Art & Science programme.
: D.Morel/CEA. Place: Grenoble. Date: July 2013.
University of Padova
RRI has been discussed by the University Commission on Quality Assurance in the presence of the Rector and the Vice Rectors, where a comprehensive RRI PhD training programme has been approved. RRI is seen as already underpinning the University policy, but after the involvement in RRI-Practice, it has emerged a consolidated awareness that RRI principles represent a strong link among the many activities that already exist regarding the RRI keys and dimensions.
Oslo Metropolitan University
RRI webpage with resourcesRRI courses and trainingBroader focus on ethicsMore to follow…
To analyse RRI related discourses and pathways to implementation, including barriers and drivers, in 22 research conducting and research funding organisations, in 12 European and non-European countries, in order to identify, understand, disseminate and promote RRI implementation best practices that can be scaled up at European and global levels.
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Partner institution Main contact
Oslo Metropolitan University (NO)
Clare Shelley-Egan (co-
coordinator)
Ostfold Research (NO)
Ellen-Marie Forsberg (co-
coordinator)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE) Miltos Ladikas
University of Bristol (UK) Richard Owen
Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
(FR) Alexei Grinbaum
University of Padova (IT) Federico Neresini
Applied Research and Communications Fund (BG) Zoya Damianova
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit (Nijmegen) (NL) Luca Consoli
Wageningen University (NL) Phil Macnaghten
Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development
(CN) Yandong Zhao
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (IN) Sachin Chaturvedi
Arizona State University (US) David Guston
Fundacao de Desenvolvimento da UNICAMP (BR) Marko Monteiro
The University of Queensland (AU) Peta Ashworth
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Our own institutions and:
Research Council of Norway Norway Funding organisation
Helmholtz Association of Research Centres Germany Funding organisation
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC)
The UK Funding organisation
Fondazione Telethon Italy Research conducting/ funding
organisation
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science Bulgaria Research policy organisation
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research (NWO)
The
Netherlands
Funding organisation
National Natural Sciences Foundation of China China Funding organisation
Department of Science and Technology, Indian
Government
India Research policy and funding
organisation
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) India Research organisation
Sao Paolo Research Foundation Brazil Funding organisation
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Australia Research organisation
National Discourse
Research Conducting
Organisation
Research Funding/poli
cy Organisation
Mapping and review of the current status of the work on the RRI aspects in the organisations
Developing of recommendations and action plans with and for the organisations
The 5 EC RRI policy keys: ethics, gender, open access/open science, societal engagement and science education
The RRI process dimensions (EPSRC, Owen, Stilgoe and Macnaghten): Anticipation and reflexivity, Openness and transparency, Responsiveness and adaptation
The participating countries’ and organisations’ own framing and operationalisation of responsibility in research
In analysis:
• Structural issues
• Cultural issues
• Interchange dynamics
Comes from Scott 1987 - Organizations and organizing as:
• Rational systems
• Natural systems
• Open systems
Structural issues Cultural issues Interchange dynamics
Aspects of
organisations
Mandates, legislative
frameworks, formal
hierarchies
Culture, informal routines,
informal reward systems,
focus on management
Policy learning, pressures
from key stakeholders
(owners, the public, etc.)
Potential drivers for
RRI
Active ownership (e.g. the
state), legislation that
includes social
responsibility as a core
element of the mandate,
formal evaluation criteria
adapted to RRI goals
RRI dimensions become
mainstreamed, managers
start seeing RRI dimensions
as an obvious part of their
responsibilities, no social
acceptance for neglect of
the RRI dimensions
Pressure from the media,
success stories from
organisations considered to
set ‘gold standards’ in the
field
Potential barriers to
RRI
No formalised pressures to
conform to RRI dimensions
Informal incentive systems
reward economic
output/excellence/etc.,
effectively marginalising the
RRI dimensions
Important stakeholders
reward, for instance,
excellence and economic
performance to a greater
extent than RRI related
matters
Most important
potential
organisational
actions [Example
gender]
Several actions can
be included
Establishment of a sexual
harassment hotline
Explicit reference to
candidates’ attitudes to
gender balance in job
interviews of leaders
Invitation of citizens to
our university to learn
about their perceptions of
gender equality in our
university system
Indicators for
success
[Example gender]
Awareness of the hotline
among our
employees/users/students
Increase of reported
awareness of this issue in
our annual employee survey
Number of employees
actually interacting in
dialogues with the public
about their activities
23 Reviews and Outlooks for 23 organisations world wide
12 national reports
Comparison reports for each RRI aspect and other RRI perspectives
National comparisons and organisationalcomparisons
Reflections and recommendations on how to do RRI in large project consortia
Special section of Journal of ResponsibleInnovation
Policy briefs
Learning oriented meetings and workshops
Presentations at international conferences
And lots of organisational actions!
… are these results because of us?
Only to a certain extent◦ These organisations have their own dynamics,
boards, mandates, strategic plans◦ We contributed by raising awareness, providing
data, presenting (‘selling’) a perspective, creatinglearning processes
When these organisations have developedRRI actions, it is because they see that theybenefit from it – or simply because it’s right!
A diversity of organisations A diversity ofpathways to Responsible Research and Innovation
In the short term: perhaps not
In the longer term: perhaps steps along thepath?
Transformative potentialof incremental change!
RRI-Practice is financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under Grant Agreement no 709637, and runs from September 2016 to August 2019.
Thank you!
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