Parallel SESSION: Breaking walls, changing structures RRI Tools Final Conference - Brussels, 21-22 November 2016

1. RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
Breaking walls, changing structures – parallel session
Ralf Lindner - Fraunhofer ISI JERRI
Joining Efforts for RRI

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RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
JERRI’s objective:
To deeply institutionalise practices and attitudes of
RRI in the European Research Area
 JERRI will orchestrate a deep RRI transition
process within the 2 largest European Research and
Technology Organisations (RTOs)
Deep institutionalisation: Embedding of normative
orientations - social cares and concerns of responsibility -
into (organisational) structures, incentives, and practices
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Which structures will JERRI’s activities affect?

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RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
How will the JERRI activities contribute to institutional change?
Organisation of transitions processes in the 5 RRI key dimensions (ethics,
societal engagement, OA, gender equality, science education) at
Fraunhofer and TNO:
 Transition goal definition − specific for each organisation
 Participatory processes involving stakeholders
 Identification of barriers for the uptake of RRI orientations and practices
 Development of 5 action plans for each RTO addressing
research content and structures
 Specification of RRI transition roadmaps, tailored to meet conditions of
each RTO
 Implementation of the action plans including pilots and demonstrations
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RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
How will the JERRI activities contribute to institutional change?
Intense Mutual Learning Processes
Involving 4 target levels…
1. Fraunhofer and TNO
2. Stakeholders of the 5 RRI keys
3. RTOs accross Europe
4. EU level stakeholders and institutions
… and international
good practices (ASU, CAS)
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TNO
Fraun-
hofer
Inst.
Stefan
VTT
SINTEF
L3: EU 28 RTOs
L4: EU Dimension Stakeholders
L1: TNO/
Fraunhofer
staff
L2: TNO/
Fraunhofer
dimension
stakeholder
Societal
Engage-
ment
Science
Education
Gender Equalityand Gender in
Research and Innovation Content
Open
Access
Ethics
AIT
Tecnalia
CEA
CNR
DTI

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RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
What is the current State-of-the-Art of RRI in European RTOs ?
Some insights from JERRI’s initial RRI state-of-the-art in European RTOs
research:
 All RTOs covered relate to „responsibility issues“ at least implicitly
 disciplinary norms and standards, codes of conduct etc.
 RRI often understood as research integrity and delivering high quality
 RRI often associated with respecting ethical boundaries. In some cases, „responsibility“
merely refers to successful market uptake and sound business cases
 So far, no systematic, organisation-wide RRI activities (but many practices related to
individual RRI key dimensions)
 Drivers and success factors for the institutionalisation of RRI:
- Decisive role of dedicated leaders (“institutional entrepreneurs”)
- Degree of compatibility of RRI concepts with RTOs’ rationales, missions and cultures
- Experience with ethics and sustainability issues increases openness for RRI (“RRI literacy”)
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RRI Tools Final Conference, 21-22 November 2016, Brussels
Thank you for your attention.
Dr. Ralf Lindner, Fraunhofer ISI
ralf.lindner@isi.fraunhofer.de
Project coordinator:
Dr. Benjamin Teufel, Fraunhofer ISI
Benjamin.teufel@isi.fraunhofer.de
www.jerri-project.eu
The JERRI consortium:
JERRI – Joining Efforts for RRI