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Responsible Research and Innovation

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Responsible innovation

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Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a novel approach to the governance of science, research, and innovation (R&I) that seeks to broaden decision-making processes to realize ethically acceptable, societally desirable, and sustainable R&I. Although the concept is still debated, the following shared characteristics of RRI have been distinguished:

  1. 1.

    Diversity and inclusion

  2. 2.

    Anticipation and reflection

  3. 3.

    Openness and transparency

  4. 4.

    Responsiveness and adaptive change

  5. 5.

    Ethics

  6. 6.

    Social utility

Governance of Science, Research, and Innovation

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a novel approach to the governance of science, research, and innovation (for the sake of brevity abbreviated to R&I from now on) (Fisher and Rip 2013; Stilgoe et al. 2013). Governance can be understood as a complex multitude of language, agencies, and technologies that seek to shape individual and collective behavior (Glerup and Horst 2014). Nested in...

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    Job Timmermans

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    Walter Leal Filho

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. Centre for Work Related Studies, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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    Edurne A. Inigo

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Timmermans, J. (2019). Responsible Research and Innovation. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_46-1

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