Abstract
This is the introductory chapter to the first volume in a series of five conference proceedings on Responsible Innovation. The conferences bring together the results of research projects under the Research Program “Responsible Innovation” (Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Innoveren) of the Dutch Research Council, while at the same time providing a platform for a broad and rapidly growing community of international researchers – inside and outside academia – interested and involved in research and R&D projects in Responsible Innovation. Together, the contributions in this volume show that responsible innovation is a dynamic and promising field of research.
Keywords
- Applied Ethic
- Responsible Research
- Responsible Innovation
- Sustainability Technology
- Electronic Patient Record System
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This contribution draws upon previously material published in Van den Hoven (2013).
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See www.nwo.nl/mvi for a complete description of the program and for descriptions of projects funded under this program.
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In 2013 A Taylor and Francis Journal on Responsible Innovation was established, see http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tjri20. Various other research groups were established: see e.g.http://www.debatinginnovation.org/; http://responsible-innovation.org.uk/frriict/; www.responsibleinnovation.eu.
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The scientific quality of proposals was judged on the basis of an extensive international peer review process and overlooked by an international Advisory Board chaired by professor Armin Gruenwald. The societal relevance of proposals was assessed by a separate board that focused on the societal relevance of proposals chaired initially by professor Alexander Rinnooy Kan en later professor Jacqueline Cramer).
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Rene van Schomberg has greatly contributed to the development of this line of thinking within the EU. See his contributions in Owen et al. (2013) entitled “A Vision of Responsible Research and Innovation”. Van den Hoven chaired an EU expert group that published a report entitled “Options for strengthening responsible research and innovation”. http://bookshop.curopa.eu/en/options-for-strengthening-responsible-research-and-innovation-pbkKINA25766/.
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This group was chaired by professor Jeroen van den Hoven and supported by Marlies van der Meent, at a later stage by Jasper Roodenburg. After a first phase of exploration, a research agenda group met three times in 2007. Representatives of the various sections of the Dutch Research Council were Jeroen van den Hoven (Humanities) Bert Jaap Koops (Social Sciences) Arie Rip (Technology Foundation STW), Guido de Wert (The Netherlands Organisation for health Research and Development), Michiel Korthals (WOTRO Science for Global Development). Also representatives of ministries were part of these discussions (Foreign Affairs, Home Office, Defence, Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Education, and Health).
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The academic climate in The Netherlands is conducive to this approach. The Netherlands is one of the most innovative countries in the world and it has an internationally recognized and excellent research tradition in the study of Science, Technology and Society. Internationally prominent research groups in Science and Technology Studies, were led in the recent past by Wiebe Bijker, Arie Rip and Hans Achterhuis. Historians of technology Johan Schot and Harry Lintsen have established well regarded research programs in the history of technology and innovation. Law and technology, especially in the field of ICT have done well as a result of the work of Hans Franken (Leiden) en Bernd Hugenholtz (Amsterdam) en Corien Prins (Tilburg). Also the technical universities at Delft, Eindhoven and Twente have produced large research programs and built up considerable research capabilities in this field. They have joined forces in a collaborative 3TU. Ethics Centre in 2007 initiated by Jeroen van den Hoven, Anthonie Meijers en Philip Brey. The former Dutch Office of Technology Assessment – The Rathenau Institute – initially lead by Jose van Eindhoven and later Jan Staman, is a very active contributor in this field and adds to a strong presence in public debates about technology and society in Netherlands and in Europe. An applied ethics of technology program thus is situated in a stimulating intellectual context in Dutch Academia.
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van den Hoven, J. (2014). Responsible Innovation: A New Look at Technology and Ethics. In: van den Hoven, J., Doorn, N., Swierstra, T., Koops, BJ., Romijn, H. (eds) Responsible Innovation 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8956-1_1
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