ABSTRACT

This article explores the understanding of values in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). First, it analyses how two mainstream RRI approaches, the largely substantial one by Von Schomberg and the procedural one by Stilgoe and colleagues, identify and conceptualize values. We argue that by treating values as relatively stable entities, directly available for reflection, both fall into an ‘entity trap’. As a result, the hermeneutic work required to identify values is overlooked. We therefore seek to bolster a practice-based take on values, which approaches values as the evolving results of valuing processes. We highlight how this approach views values as lived realities, interactive and dynamic, discuss methodological implications for RRI, and explore potential limitations. Overall, the strength of this approach is that it enables RRI scholars and practitioners to better acknowledge the complexities involved in valuing.

摘要

本文探讨了负责任的研究与创新（RRI）中对价值的理解。首先，它分析了两种主流的RRI方法，即冯·肖姆伯格（Von Schomberg）的主要方法和史迪哥（Stilgoe）及其同事的程序性方法，如何识别和概念化价值。我们认为，通过将价值视为相对稳定的实体（可直接用于反思），两者都属于“实体陷阱”。结果，识别价值所需的解释工作被忽略了。因此，我们寻求支持基于实践的价值观，这种价值观将价值观视为评估过程的不断发展的结果。我们重点介绍这种方法如何将价值观视为现实，互动和动态的现实，讨论对RRI的方法学意义，并探讨潜在的局限性。总体而言，这种方法的优势在于它使RRI学者和从业人员能够更好地认识到估值所涉及的复杂性。