Assessment of Responsible Innovation: Methods and Practices. A Book Review.

Assessment of Responsible Innovation: Methods and Practices. Edited by Emad Yaghmaei and Ibo van de Poel, Routledge (2021), Open Access. Over recent years, the EU has funded a long series of projects aimed at building tools and tool kits to help various sectors implement Responsible Innovation Approaches. From the Preface we learn that this collection ... Assessment of Responsible Innovation: Methods and Practices. A Book Review.

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Notes from the SIENNA Project Final Conference

In the following notes I would like to offer my personal thoughts on the conference experience. The final conference from the SIENNA Project was held online, between 10 – 12 March 2021. DAY 1 The opening morning was dedicated to an introduction to the project and overview of findings in the project’s 3 main emerging ... Notes from the SIENNA Project Final Conference

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SIENNA Project final conference: 10 – 12 March

The SIENNA Project is holding its final (online) conference on Ethics, Human Rights & Emerging Technologies, from 10 to 12 March. The SIENNA project addresses ethical issues in three new and emerging technology areas: human genomics, human enhancement and human-machine interaction. Not only do these areas all come with major socio-economic impact, they also raise ... SIENNA Project final conference: 10 – 12 March

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TRANSFORM for a more open, inclusive and democratic territory.

Through TRANSFORM, three regional governments (Lombardy, Catalonia and Brussels-Capital) are working alongside other project partners on experimental approaches to involve citizens in local government policy-making on research and innovation (R&I), with the aim of achieving more open, inclusive and democratic territorial development. The project focuses on the place-based regional Smart Specialization Strategies (S3) for innovation. ... TRANSFORM for a more open, inclusive and democratic territory.

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European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series – Review, Part 2

This is the second part of the review of the European Biotechnology and Society online seminar series. The seminar series website contains details of speakers and topics, as well as much of the materials presented. The first part is here. Seminar 4, 21 October, 2020 The fourth online seminar in the series was held on ... European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series – Review, Part 2

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European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series – Review, Part 1

In this, the first of two posts, I would like to offer a brief overview of how the first half of the European Biotechnology and Society online seminar series panned out. The seminar series website contains details of speakers and topics, as well as much of the materials presented. Seminar 1: 30 September 2020 The ... European Biotechnology and Society Online Seminar Series – Review, Part 1

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Quanto è ‘responsabile’ l’innovazione europea? APRE MUG talk.

Tra il 19 e il 22 ottobre 2020 si svolgerà la conferenza della rete APRE in coincidenza con il suo trentennale: VERSO UN NUOVO FUTURO LA RICERCA & INNOVAZIONE EUROPEA IN RETE. APRE – Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea, da trenta anni supporta e promuove la partecipazione italiana ai programmi europei di Ricerca ... Quanto è ‘responsabile’ l’innovazione europea? APRE MUG talk.

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ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

The ROSIE: RESPONSIBLE & INNOVATIVE SMEs IN CENTRAL EUROPE project held its final event (virtually) on 23 June 2020, a celebration and presentation of three year’s work carried out across 8 central European countries and involving 11 partners. The aim of the project was to improve skills among entrepreneurs and innovation actors and to promote ... ROSIE Project Final Virtual Meeting, a Review

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RRI Special Feature in the Project Repository Journal

The Project Repository Journal (PRj) is the European Dissemination Media Agency (EDMA)’s flagship open access publication, dedicated to showcasing funded science and research throughout Europe. Projects that are funded either by the European Commission, through one of their current schemes such as with an ERC grant or via Horizon 2020, or which have received a ... RRI Special Feature in the Project Repository Journal

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Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of Smart Specialization Strategies: TRANSFORM project

TRANSFORM stands for Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of Smart Specialization Strategies, through new Forms of Open and Responsible Decision-Making and is our second Horizon 2020 project. This time will commit us to leading a consortium of thirteen partners: TRANSFORM will engage us for 36 months, together with the institutions of Lombardy, Catalunya and ... Territories as Responsive and Accountable Networks of Smart Specialization Strategies: TRANSFORM project

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Challenges For Responsible Innovation: Milan.

On 23 January, the Bassetti Foundation hosted René von Schomberg for a Challenges for Responsible Innovation event, one of a series organized to celebrate the release of the International Handbook on Responsible Innovation. The Foundation is pleased to be able to share videos, podcast and photos of the meeting with supporting summary.     INDEX: Videos part ... Challenges For Responsible Innovation: Milan.

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The role of politics: To define the space for responsibility while making history

This post is based upon my speech delivered at the Milan Challenges for Responsible Innovation event held on 23 January 2020. In it, I would like to offer my own interpretation of two aspects of Bassetti Foundation thinking and the approaches that they have led to, and outline some of the developments that led to ... The role of politics: To define the space for responsibility while making history

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