Inclusive disunion - and what it could mean for RRI policies

Inclusive disunion - and what it could mean for RRI policies

Notions of ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ (RRI) or ‘Responsible Innovation’ have evolved over at least ten years, both in the EU and the US. An important driver appears to be that governments have felt the need to better manage societally and ethically (potentially) problematic areas of research and development (R&D) such as synthetic biology (synbio) – aiming to shape R&D processes early on in order to align them better with societal expectations.

Author: 
Harald König