Interview published in the book "Scienziati in affanno? RRI in teoria e nelle pratiche". Here a brief abstract of the book. For some years now, scientists applying for grants under the framework programme Horizon 2020, must be compliant with the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) frame, anticipating the possible impacts of the project outputs and illustrating how the planned activities will produce innovations which are "socially desirable and acceptable". Open science, reflexivity, ethics, public involvement, gender perspective, sustainability, social justice, are some of the trajectories that inspire a "responsible" research and innovation. However, what is RRI from researchers' perspective? Is it a bureaucratic constraint to which scientists must submit their activity or can it be an opportunity for them to rethink the way and the meaning of doing research today? The book Scientists under pressure? RRI in theory and in practices explores the different meanings of the RRI approach, inside and outside the academy and the European policy, with a focus on the Italian context. Although it has emerged in Europe only recently as a frame, the underlying concepts of RRI are rooted in a long standing debate about a society pervaded by science and technology that, other than benefits, also involve risks and raise controversial issues. In this situation, where signals of distrusts are emerging, it has become evident that scientific innovation can no longer be kept out of a democratic dialectic in which all the components of society build a shared vision of the future.
Intervista pubblicata sul volume Scienziati in Affanno? Ricerca e Innovazione Responsabili (RRI) in teoria e nelle pratiche. Segue abstract: Da alcuni anni a chiunque voglia presentare un progetto di ricerca in ambito europeo, viene chiesto di rispettare i principi della Ricerca e Innovazione Responsabili (RRI), anticipando i possibili impatti e spiegando come le attività proposte produrranno un'innovazione "socialmente desiderabile e accettabile". Una ricerca "RRI", deve prevedere il coinvolgimento attivo di vari attori per la definizione di obiettivi socialmente condivisi; considerare la dimensione etica e le prospettive e implicazioni di genere; garantire opportunità di formazione per costruire una cittadinanza attiva e partecipe ai processi decisionali; consentire l'accesso ai risultati delle ricerche; e tendere verso una proficua interazione con il mondo politico che garantisca una governance condivisa dell'innovazione. Ma cosa è la RRI per i ricercatori? È l'ennesimo vincolo burocratico cui devono sottoporre la propria attività o può essere un'occasione per ripensare il modo e il senso di fare ricerca oggi? Il volume "Scienziati in affanno?" esplora i significati di questo approccio complesso, attraverso le componenti teoriche e le riflessioni sul tema della responsabilità maturate nell'ambito di alcune pratiche di ricerca.
Esiste un 'giusto posto' per la scienza e l'innovazione? Conversazione con Silvio Funtowicz e Andrea Saltelli
2018
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Interview published in the book "Scienziati in affanno? RRI in teoria e nelle pratiche". Here a brief abstract of the book. For some years now, scientists applying for grants under the framework programme Horizon 2020, must be compliant with the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) frame, anticipating the possible impacts of the project outputs and illustrating how the planned activities will produce innovations which are "socially desirable and acceptable". Open science, reflexivity, ethics, public involvement, gender perspective, sustainability, social justice, are some of the trajectories that inspire a "responsible" research and innovation. However, what is RRI from researchers' perspective? Is it a bureaucratic constraint to which scientists must submit their activity or can it be an opportunity for them to rethink the way and the meaning of doing research today? The book Scientists under pressure? RRI in theory and in practices explores the different meanings of the RRI approach, inside and outside the academy and the European policy, with a focus on the Italian context. Although it has emerged in Europe only recently as a frame, the underlying concepts of RRI are rooted in a long standing debate about a society pervaded by science and technology that, other than benefits, also involve risks and raise controversial issues. In this situation, where signals of distrusts are emerging, it has become evident that scientific innovation can no longer be kept out of a democratic dialectic in which all the components of society build a shared vision of the future.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
