ABSTRACT

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been the preferred idiom for interrogating the social, ethical and political dimensions of science, technology and innovation for roughly a decade. The uptake of RRI into prominent policy organisations has resulted in a proliferation of policy frameworks as policy makers have attempted to articulate what it means for them to enact RRI. Here, we draw on our experience developing an RRI framework in the ERA Cofund on Biotechnology. We discuss three ways that treating RRI as a form of knowledge production has allowed us to engage with the institutional dimensions of science: as research within scientific projects; as administrative knowledge; and as methodological knowledge. We argue that Science and Technology Studies' concern with knowledge making offers a valuable route to approach RRI within research funding organisations, and reflect on how this approach might be developed in the next European Commission Framework Programme.

摘要

大约十年来，负责任的研究和创新 (RRI) 一直是询问科学、技术和创新的社会、伦理和政治维度的首选习语。随着政策制定者试图阐明制定 RRI 对他们意味着什么，RRI 被重要的政策组织采用导致了政策框架的激增。在这里，我们利用我们在 ERA 生物技术联合基金中开发 RRI 框架的经验。我们讨论了将 RRI 视为一种知识生产形式使我们能够参与科学的制度层面的三种方式：作为科学项目中的研究；作为行政知识；并作为方法论知识。我们认为科学和技术研究'