Responsible research can be excellent: NRW Innovation Award 2015
Posted by Bonn Science Shop on 11 Apr 2016
Excellent and responsible research characterized by both social and practical relevance
Is Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) only a freaky idea, born in Brussels, and made for researchers who have loads of time to spend? Or more serious: Are we successful at involving different stakeholders in the debate on emerging technologies? How and at what stage of the research process should they be involved? These questions are a core part of the European challenge of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
Photo: MIWF/Reiner Zensen
As if to answer them, end of February North-Rhine Westphalia’s Minister for Innovation, Science and Research, Ms Svenja Schulze, has awarded four excellent...