ABSTRACT

The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been developed in the Global North with little reference to what RRI or RRI-like practices mean in the context of the Global South. We discuss the contextual factors driving the emergence of responsible innovation practice and ways in which they can inform efforts to develop an inclusive and global conceptualization of RRI. Findings show that some activities in the Global South are comparable to those of the Global North, although important differences exist in motivations and structures. We go beyond prior framings to propose a reconfigured, inclusive theoretical framework that accounts for trans-regional differences by looking at three cases to illustrate international differences and to demonstrate an RRI continuum. Netherlands represents a more Global North concept of RRI; Malawi a Global South RRI concept and Brazil sits between these two extremes and assimilates RRI concepts from both ends of the continuum.

摘要

负责任的研究和创新 (RRI) 的概念是在全球北方发展起来的，几乎没有提到 RRI 或类似 RRI 的做法在全球南方的背景下意味着什么。我们讨论了推动负责任创新实践出现的背景因素以及它们可以为制定包容性和全球 RRI 概念化的努力提供信息的方式。调查结果表明，尽管在动机和结构上存在重要差异，但全球南方的某些活动与全球北方的活动相当。我们超越了先前的框架，提出了一个重新配置的、包容性的理论框架，通过查看三个案例来说明国际差异并证明 RRI 连续性，从而解释了跨区域差异。荷兰代表了更加全球化的北方 RRI 概念；