A vision of Responsible Nanotechnology Research and Innovation (RNRI) in the European Union
CIC nanoGUNE Seminars
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René von Schomberg, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
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2014/03/07
13:00 - Place
- nanoGUNE seminar room, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, Donostia - San Sebastian
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Chair: **Pedro M. etxenike** , Donostia International Physics Center.
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Responsible Research and Innovation** _is a transparent, interactive process
by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each
other with a view to the (ethical) acceptability, sustainability and societal
desirability of the innovation process and its marketable products (in order
to allow a proper embedding of scientific and technological advances in our
society).
**The European Commission** claims that research and engineering activities
under the next R&D Framework Programme, “Horizon 2020â€, will be conducted
according to a “Responsible Research and Innovation†(RRI) framework,
meaning that “societal actors work together during the whole research and
innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes,
with the values, needs and expectations of European society†(EC, 2012,
“Responsible Research and Innovation – Europe’s ability to respond to
societal challengesâ€, p. ii).
**Nanotechnology** is one of the key strategic areas in the European R&D
system. The **integration of RRI issues and perspectives into nanotechnology**
**R &D** **system** expresses a growing institutional sensitivity toward
societal demands for safety, environmental protection and ethical integrity.
In fact, policy-makers and researchers have become increasingly aware that
technological innovations, in order to succeed and be viable, must attend to
those demands.
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_Dr.phil. **RENE VON SCHOMBERG** is an agricultural scientist and
philosopher. He is an author/(co-editor) of 14 books. He holds Ph.D’s from
the University of Twente, the Netherlands (Science and Technology Studies) and
J.W.Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Philosophy). He has been
a European Union Fellow at George Mason University, USA in 2007 and has been
with the European Commission since 1998.
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Organization:_ This Lecture will take place within the framework of the
"Responsible Nanotechnology Research and Innovation (RNRI)" workshop organized
by by the Miguel Sánchez-Mazas Chair UPV/EHU and the Post-Graduate Program in
Philosophy, Science and Values (UPV/EHU and National Autonomous University of
Mexico, UNAM), in partnership with CIC nanoGUNE (Nanoscience Cooperative
Research Center).