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Responsible Innovation for the pursuit of Sustainability
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Dr. Dr.phil René von Schomberg*
*The views expressed here are those of the author and may not in any circumstances be
regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission
Presentation is based on AMONG OTHER: 'A vision of Responsible Research and
Innovation' in: In: R. Owen, M.Heintz and J .Bessant (eds.) Responsible Innovation.
London: John Wiley, 2013,
2. Old wisdoms don’t hold for
21th century
Give a man a fish and he
has food for a day;
Teach a man to fish and he
has food for a life-time
‘pursuit of happiness’
Infinite rescources
Anybody has access to
rescources
Privatisation & state –
regulation have
demonstrated their
limits: loss of ‘meaning’ of
souvereignity.
‘pursuit of ‘sustainability’
‘societal challenges’:
innovation for
sustainability
4. Benefits and Risks of the Passarola
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Benefits: 'Manage 200 leagues a day'
'Bring far away countries news and orders'
'The furthermost regions will be discovered, to the
Portuguese nation's benefit'
Risks: 'many crimes will be committed, as (…) to easily
flee from one country to another'
Recommendation to the king: "its use will have to be limited"
5. National ‘souvereign’ vs Market
Responsible control/use
Responsible governor-central
control agent
Restricted use
Benefit for the state
Moral constraint of governor
Responsible marketing
● "Loss of control agent"
● Democratization of
use/privatization of
production
● Market-competition for
'benefit of all'-market-success
● Market hurdles
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6. Innovation vs. Responsible Innovation
Innovation
State responsibility for risks
Macro-economic assessment:
'infinite growth'
steer less, inherently good
(benefits=market-succes)
'the faster, the better'
Technology-oriented R&D
Responsible Innovation
State responsibility for positive
outcomes of R&I
Economic and societal impact of
'knowledge'': 'sustained growth'
responsive to basic needs, reflect
basic values(beyond consumer-
preferences on the market)
Innovation is 'managed'(anticipate
irresponsible R&I)
Issue-oriented R&I
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7. Defining RRI
Responsible Research and Innovation is a transparent,
interactive process by which societal actors and innovators
become mutually responsive to each other with a view to
the (ethical) acceptability, sustainability and societal
desirability of the innovation process and its (marketable)
outcomes and impacts
Required
- Stakeholder commitment to socially desirable objectives
8. Innovation vs. Responsible
Innovation
MARKET-BASED INNOVATION RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION
State responsibility for risks
Macro-economic assessment:
'infinite growth'
steer less, inherently good
'the faster, the better'
Technology-oriented R&D
State responsibility for `right'
impacts of R&I
Economic and societal impact of
'knowledge'': 'sustained growth'
responsive to basic needs, reflect
basic values
Innovation is 'managed'
Issue-oriented R&I
9. Responsible Development of Tech
vs Responsible Innovation
Responsible Development Responsible Innovation
Identification and management of
ethical, legal, and societal
implications
Incorporation of safety evaluation of
into the product life cycle and
allocation of
Budgets for identification and study
of risks
Identification of knowledge gaps
and regulatory needs
Involvement of stakeholders and
engagement in international
dialogue
Key-tech focussed
Anticipatory Governance
Deliberative Governance: Early
policy responsive and stakeholder
commitment
Ethics of Co-Responsibility
Ethics as a driving force
Driving innovation 'societal
desirable ends'- Innovation
partnerships
Societal objective focussed:
whatever it takes as 'means':
multitech-social innovation etc
Transition to Sustainable energy
10. Conclusion
From ‘pursuit of happiness’ to ‘pursuit of
sustainability’ requires regulation beyond State and
Market- ‘public goods’: ‘clean air’
Responsible Innovation drives innovation towards
‘societal, global common challenges’’
Turns innovations which hinders RI into irresponsible
ones…..
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Defining RRI
Responsible Research and Innovation is a
transparent, interactive process by which
societal actors and innovators become mutually
responsive to each other with a view to the
(ethical) acceptability, sustainability and
societal desirability of the innovation process
and its (marketable) outcomes and impacts