ABSTRACT

Tracing the historical emergence of academic/policy discourses shines a light on processes of early institutionalisation, informs narratives of contemporary self-identity and provides a resource from which to imagine alternative futures. Contributing to this ambition our paper uses scientometric methods to undertake two socio-semantic analyses. First, we identify the de-facto origins and contemporary clustering of scientists’ discursive spaces of ‘responsibility’. This ‘rri corpus’ reveals seven distinct clusters – or discourse coalitions of responsibility – but shows limited cross-fertilisation between the clusters. Second we trace the emergence of European policy on ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI). The ‘RRI corpus’ shows policy to have been dominated by a small number of actors. Some cross-over between rri and RRI provides evidence of discourse coalition building, but only a small group of actors occupy these strategic bridges. The paper offers a contribution to wider debates and strategic reflections on the past, present and futures of responsible innovation.

摘要

追溯学术/政策话语的历史出现，揭示了早期制度化的过程，为当代自我认同的叙述提供了依据，并提供了一种资源来想象替代未来。为了实现这一雄心壮志，我​​们的论文使用科学计量学方法进行了两项社会语义分析。首先，我们确定事实上的科学家“责任”话语空间的起源和当代聚集。这个“rri 语料库”揭示了七个不同的集群 - 或责任话语联盟 - 但显示集群之间的交叉受精有限。其次，我们追溯欧洲“负责任的研究与创新”(RRI) 政策的出现。“RRI 语料库”显示政策一直由少数参与者主导。rri 和 RRI 之间的一些交叉提供了话语联盟建立的证据，但只有一小部分参与者占据了这些战略桥梁。该论文为对负责任创新的过去、现在和未来进行更广泛的辩论和战略反思做出了贡献。