Presentation by 'la Caixa' Foundation on the definition of responsible research and innovation (RRI) and the consultation of stakeholders by the RRI Tools project, during the RRI Tools Consortium meeting in Copenhagen on 26 June 2014

1. Defining RRI, consulting stakeholders: setting the
basis for an RRI Toolkit
“la Caixa” Foundation

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1.- Share knowledge gained in 1st analysis phase
2.- Open up the number of quality contributions
3.- Train the Hubs for the M9-M10 Workshops:
- To contribute to the definition of RRI
- To gather promising practices
- To analyse stakeholders needs and constraints
- To create a Community of Practice
AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP

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1.- Responsible Research and innovation
2.- RRI Tools: state of the project
3.- RRI Definition and good practices
4.- Stakeholders needs, constraints and motivations
5.- Next steps: M9 –M10 workshops
Dissemination
Toolkit.
6.- Consortium meeting program
AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP

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BENEFITS OF SCIENCE
FOR HUMANITY
RISK MANAGEMENT
ETHICAL
ACCEPTABILITY
Ethical and Regulatory Challenges to Science and Research Policy at the Global
Level. European Commission Report. © European Union, 2012
RESPONSIBLE
RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION

6. | Benefits for humanity

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Responsible Innovation, First Edition, Ed. by Richard
Owen, John Bessan and Maggy Heintz. 2013 John
Wiley & Sons
Ethical acceptability: smart meters in
the Netherlands

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Risk Management

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RRI Tools: state of the project

10. | RRI TOOLS
D1.1 Policy brief on RRI and working definition
D1.2 Guidelines on the methodologies for the collection,
classification and evaluation method for RRI Good Practices
D1.3 Report on the quality criteria of Good Practice Standards in RRI
(to be used in WP2 and WP3) - shifted
D6.1 RRI Toolkit Dissemination Plan
Barcelona Workshop Background note and Report
D5.1 Report on Coverage of RRI aspects in STI
(Science, Technology, Innovation) evaluations.
D2.1 Guidelines for the implementation of the
Stakeholders consultation in relation to RRI

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D1.1 Policy brief on the state of the art on RRI and a
working definition of RRI (Month 8)
D1.4 A catalogue of Good Practice Standards in RRI
(Month12)
(WP1)
(WP2)
RRI Tools - Following Deliverables
D 2.2 Report on the analysis of needs and constraints
of the stakeholder groups in RRI practices in Europe
(M12)
D3.1 Multimedia 2.0 collaborative platform (M12)(WP3)
D6.2 Project information sheet(WP6)

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RRI Definition and good practices

13. | Responsible Research and Innovation
Governance
Ethics
Open
Access
Education
Public
engagement
Gender
Equality
Process requirements
Outcomes
Policy Agendas
Stakeholders
... dynamic, iterative process by
which stakeholders involved in the
R&I practice become mutually
responsive to each other and
share responsibiity regarding the
outcomes and process
requirements
(D1.2)
Diversity &
Inclusion
Openness &
Transparency
Responsiveness &
Adaptive change
Anticipation &
Reflexivity

14. | RRI promising Practices
Embedding social responsibility in the design
of offshore wind energy systems
A Siemens- Univ. Delft project funded by the
National Research Council of the Netherlands
specific program for Responsible Innovation
- Value sensitive design
- Institutional design
- Stakeholder analysis
- Participatory integrated
assesment
- Social acceptance/ social
acceptability

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Value sensitive
design
RRI promising Practices
4 P’s: Product, process,
purpose, people.
(Sthal)

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Formulating research agendas between RESEARCHERS
AND CSO’s. Generates dialogues on science (including
social science, engineering...) Debates move upstream
into agenda setting
Promising practices
- “Upstream” debate, (beyond
mindstream modulation)
- Agenda setting
- Community based research
Public engagement with research and
research engagement with society

17. | RRI Promising Practices
Structural change through
transformational gender action plans
Implentation of sustaibable institutional
transformation, creating environments in which
women and men can perform equally.
Organizational structure
Engagement of decision
makers

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Socio-Technical integration Research
Set of 20 laboratory engagement studies to
assess and compare the varying pressures on –
and capacities for – laboratories to integrate
broader societal considerations into their work
RRI Promising Practices
http://youtu.be/feOOT2iI16o
- Embedded social scientist
and humanities scholars
- Midstream modulation

19. | Responsible Research and Innovation

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Stakeholders needs, constraints
and motivations

21. | Stakeholders
www.rri-tools.eu

22. | Stakeholders
• Stakeholders needs, constraints and
motivations.
• Worskshops: Stakeholder consultation:
recruitment criteria, moderation,
reporting...
+ Engagement of CSO’s in
science through agenda
setting
Getting free open
access to research
results
Acknowledgement of
CSO knowledge and
expertise
Unfamiliarity/lack of
understanding of the
issue
Democratic deficit
Sufficiency of
compliance of legal
requirements
Unfamiliarity with
RRI
Freedom of research
and concerns about
bureaucracy
Pressure to
publish and job
security

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Next steps: the workshops, the Toolkit

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• 2 Workshops (definition
and promising practices /
stakeholders) in 1 day
• In October – November
• A Manual will exist with
details
• Suport from coordination,
Hubs coordination and WP1 and
WP2 will b given
Next steps: M9-M10 Hubs workshops

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M6 M9-M10
Next steps: Disseminations

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Self-assessment tools Dissemination tools Good practices and good
practices standards
RRI Tools Search engine Library Specific policy agenda’s
resources
Next steps: The tools
Training and advocacy
Resources...
Community of Practice
Governan
ce
Ethic
s
Open
Access
Educat
ionPublic
engageme
nt
Gende
r
Equali
ty
Diversity &
Inclusion
Openness &
Transparency
Responsiveness &
Adaptive change
Anticipation &
Reflexivity

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Day 1: RRI Definition and good practices Day 2: Stakeholders needs, constraints
and motivations
Workshop program

28. Defining RRI, consulting stakeholders: setting the
basis for an RRI Toolkit
“la Caixa” Foundation