Challenges in the implementation of responsible research and innovation across Horizon 2020

Raúl Tabarés; Anne Loeber; Mika Nieminen; Michael J. Bernstein; Erich Griessler; Vincent Blok; Joshua Cohen; Helmut Hönigmayer; Ulrike Wunderle; Elisabeth Frankus

doi:10.1080/23299460.2022.2101211

Challenges in the implementation of responsible research and innovation across Horizon 2020

Raúl Tabarés (Corresponding Author), Anne Loeber, Mika Nieminen, Michael J. Bernstein, Erich Griessler, Vincent Blok, Joshua Cohen, Helmut Hönigmayer, Ulrike Wunderle, Elisabeth Frankus

BA4606 Ethics and responsibility of innovations

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Abstract

In the last decade, the European Commission (EC) developed an ambitious strategy to promote RRI across the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020). This effort resulted in a significant number of European-funded projects that substantially expanded the available knowledge of the theory, methods and implementation of RRI. However, various evaluations and studies revealed a limited and diffuse implementation of the concept. In this article, we aim to shed some light on this matter with a study covering eight programme lines of H2020 (ERC, MSCA, LEIT, FOOD, ENV, SEC, WIDENING and EURATOM). We employ an extensive policy document analysis and 112 semi-structured interviews carried out with various stakeholders. We argue that the limited implementation of RRI in H2020 is the result of conflicts with existing values, science cultures, economic objectives, restricted resources for its implementation and a lack of clarification around what RRI means.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-314
Journal	Journal of Responsible Innovation
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2022.2101211
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was carried out thanks to the funding provided by the NewHoRRIzon project, a Horizon 2020 project under Grant Agreement number 741402. This work has been made accesible as gold open access by the funding provided by Horizon 2020 TetRRIS project under Grant Agreement number 872550.

Keywords

Horizon 2020
innovation studies
research excellence
RRI
RRI implementation
science in society

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Challenges in the implementation of responsible research and innovation across Horizon 2020

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NewHoRRIzon: Excellence in science and innovation for Europe by adopting the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation

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