ABSTRACT

Over the last decade the discourse of responsible innovation (RI) has become a significant feature of debates concerning the relationships between science, innovation and society in the fields of biosciences and biotechnologies. We document how this discourse has evolved over the period 2014–2019 at a Synthetic Biology Research Centre hosted within a University in the UK (BrisSynBio). We describe how an approach to RI has evolved to include but go beyond public engagement, by encouraging practices aimed at anticipation, reflexivity and deliberation in sometimes creative and innovative ways. We describe how the Centre has struggled to capture the impacts of RI interventions on the everyday practices and behaviours of scientists and the outcomes of their work. The study reveals the importance of leadership, creativity, innovation, institutional support, openness to change and mechanisms of capturing impact for successful RI institutionalisation.

摘要

在过去的十年中，负责任创新（RI）的讨论已成为有关生物科学和生物技术领域中科学，创新与社会之间关系的辩论的重要特征。我们在英国大学（BrisSynBio）托管的合成生物学研究中心记录了该论述在2014-2019年期间的演变。我们描述了RI的方法如何通过鼓励以有时是创新的方式进行预期，反思和思考的做法而发展为包括但不包括公众参与。我们描述了该中心如何努力捕捉RI干预对科学家的日常实践和行为以及他们的工作成果的影响。该研究揭示了领导力，创造力，创新，