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• Date of publication Sep 03, 2018 Category: Commentary

  More democratic research and innovation

  by Robert Braun , Erich Griessler

  For decades the idea that scientists, policy makers and industry know best in research and innovation has been convincingly challenged. The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation [RRI] combines various strands of critique and takes up the idea that research and innovation need to be democratized and must engage with the public in order to serve the public. The proposed future EU research funding framework programme, Horizon Europe, excludes a specific program line on research in RRI. We propose a number of steps the European Parliament should take to institutionalize RRI in Horizon Europe and beyond.

  Volume 17 • Issue 03 • 2018

• Date of publication Sep 03, 2018 Category: Commentary

  A key moment for European science policy

  by Niels Mejlgaard , Richard Woolley , Carter Bloch , Susanne Buehrer , Erich Griessler , Angela Jaeger , Ralf Lindner , Emil Bargmann Madsen , Frédéric Maier , Ingeborg Meijer , Viola Peter , Jack Stilgoe , Milena Wuketich

  We argue that the commitment to science-society integration and Responsible Research and Innovation in past European framework programmes has already made considerable progress in better aligning research and innovation with European societies. The framework programmes have important socialisation effects and recent research point to positive trends across key areas of Responsible Research and Innovation within academic organisations. What appears to be a step away from the concerted efforts to facilitate European citizens' meaningful contribution to research and innovation in the upcoming Horizon Europe framework programme seems counter-productive and poorly timed.

  Volume 17 • Issue 03 • 2018