Report by Laura Pereira, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, UCT. On Friday 28th November, the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), a division of the South African Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) hosted a seminar to discuss … Continue reading
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Responsible Innovation: From Concept to Practice
Pavie, X., Scholten, V., Carthy, D., (2014). Responsible Innovation: From Concept to Practice, World Scientific. “What is responsibility? What is innovation? What do they mean for organizations? In order to understand responsible innovation, each one of the term’s component parts … Continue reading
[ read more ]Dr Siobhan Yeats comments on the SynBio section of D5.1
Dr Siobhan Yeats, Director of Biotechnology at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, read our report “Case Studies – Overview of Ethical Acceptability and Sustainability” with interest and sent us the following comment on the synthetic biology section. Siobhan … Continue reading
[ read more ]Caution required when US Republicans talk about Societal Desirability – by Doris Schroeder and Michael Davis
Two Republican Members of the US House of Representatives have – again – criticised selected US research projects for not promoting US global competitiveness in an article entitled “Bronze Age Cyprus and Chinese auto shows might not be the kind … Continue reading
[ read more ]Toward a Paradigm Shift in Research and Innovation Policy
On Friday, July 5th, the offices of the Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship were visited by Dr. René von Schomberg, scientific and policy officer at the European Commission, visiting in his capacity as a scholar and proponent of Responsible Research and Innovation.
[ read more ]New book on Responsible Innovation
Owen, R., Bessant, J., Heintz, M., (Eds.), 2013. Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society, Wiley: Chichester. A timely publication, echoing the recent growth of interest in Responsible Innovation (RI), this edited volume brings together … Continue reading
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