RRI overview

Welcome to this Special Issue of the EuroScientist dedicated to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), sponsored by the RRI Tools project.

This issue outlines many facets of RRI. It also provides different perspectives on the topic, including historical, institutional, academic, and views of practitioners in the field.

You can also get here a printed edition of this “RRI overview” issue.

Editorial:

Tackling grand challenges with socially acceptable solutions, by Ignacio Lopez Verdeguer, Foundation La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, RRI Tools project coordinator

Evolution of RRI concept over time

An abridged genealogy of the RRI concept, by Jean-Pierre Alix, EuroScience, Strasbourg, France, partner in RRI Tools

Research governance: how the concept of RRI is slowly maturing, Elise Tancoigne, INRA, Paris, France, Sally Randles, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UK and Pierre-Benoît Joly, IFRIS, Paris, France

Perspective from Brussels

EuroScientist podcast interview: Innovation is not inherently good: René von Schomberg, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

EC implementing RRI through institutional change , by Gilles Laroche and colleagues from the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Innovation Union, Brussels, Belgium

Perspective from Academia

Collective responsibility towards research and innovation’s risks and new ethical dilemmas, by Jack Stilgoe, University College London, UK

RRI Tools – where we are and what we are after, by Frank Kupper, Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, partner in RRI Tools

Concrete examples of RRI good practice

Why develop a toolkit for RRI?, by Rosina Malagrida, Institute for Aids Research IrsiCaixa, Barcelona, Spain, RRI Tools deputy coordinator

A regional science centre’s perspective on RRI Tools, by Malvina Artheau, Science Animation Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France, RRI Tools French hub coordinator