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  2024. 08. 30. Call for Papers on Responsible Standardisation - Where Standardisation and Responsible Innovation meet The NEN Co-Change lab inspires: TUDelft and SciencesPo collaborate with the journal Ethics and Information Technology for a topical collection on the relationship between Responsible Innovation and standardisation. The call for contributions is open until 31 October 2024.

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  2024. 05. 01. AIT AI Ethics Lab at the Monash University in Australia: The twin transition is taking up speed – yet are we in the driver’s or the passenger’s seat? What happened to the twin transition? Is it helpful to treat digital and sustainability transitions separately?

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  2024. 01. 18. FAIR-AI – a new project with the AIT AI Ethics Lab in the lead In our collaborative work between social scientists and software developers within the AIT AI Ethics Lab, we discussed the challenges for software developers in dealing with ethics-related and legal concerns in their daily work. Now, FAIR-AI aims to develop a system to provide them with support.

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  2023. 11. 18. RRIzing Lab works on the transformation of HEIs - CoP Workshop by CATALISI project The Co-Change Labs live on! The RRIzing Lab at the Faculty of Agriculture (PFNS), University of Novi Sad, contributed their open access and gender equality insights to a workshop for the transformation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

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  2023. 11. 17. AIT AI Ethics Lab cooperates with the Austrian Civil Service: A Practical Guide to Ethical AI in the Public Administration Emerging from the Co-Change project, the AIT AI Ethics Lab was commissioned to create a practical guide for the ethical use of AI in the public administration.

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  2023. 10. 24. | Public Digitalisation and Ethics Experts from the AIT AI Ethics Lab and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport will provide the course "Digitalisation and Ethics - How to apply ethical principles in a digitalised administration?" at the Austrian Federal Academy of Public Administration.

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  2023. 10. 03. Responsible Innovation for Wicked Societal Challenges - a dissertation born from Co-Change Innovators are increasingly called upon to help resolve societal challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and social injustice. The complexity, uncertainty, and contestation associated with such wicked problems require them to leverage approaches that help navigate normative and epistemic considerations for decision-making. A large number of scholars and practitioners believe that the procedural approach of Responsible Innovation could offer this. Responsible Innovation aims to align innovations with societal values and worldviews through forms of anticipation, inclusion, reflexivity, and responsiveness.

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  2023. 07. 26. Martijn Wiarda, our researcher colleague has been nominated for his efforts for the Standards+Innovation award Our researcher colleague, Martijn Wiarda, working in the Change Lab of NEN (the Royal Netherlands Standardization Institute) has been nominated for his efforts for the Standards+Innovation award of CEN-CENELEC. Read an interview with Martijn about the Change Lab of NEN.

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  2023. 06. 14. | Public Eu-SPRI 2023 Conference Eu-SPRI 2023 Conference Call for Papers is now open! Deadline for abstract submission: 23rd Jan 23, 23:59 GMT. We're inviting submissions of abstracts based on original research engaging with the theme of 'Research with Impact' and broader STI themes!

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  2023. 05. 08. | Public STS Conference Graz 2023 The 21th Annual STS Conference Graz 2023 „Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies“ samples a number of thematic fields as a guideline to address contemporary challenges of the interplay between science, technology and society. The call for session proposals is open until the 3rd of November.

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  2023. 04. 19. How to make AI programmes ethically sound? - workshop by the AIT AI Ethics Lab Under the title “How to make AI programmes ethically sound” the AIT AI Ethics Lab and the European umbrella organization of innovation agencies TAFTIE conducted a full-day workshop on the 23 rd of March 2023 on the premises of the Austrian Research Funding Agency FFG. 21 participants joined, from research funding organisations spanning from Portugal to the Baltic countries.

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  2023. 03. 24. How do you best fund responsible innovation? - podcast We recorded one of the Final Conference sessions of Co-Change - The Role of RRI for RFOs and the Role of RFOs in Shaping Responsibility - for the request of the Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation. A podcast was made from the recording; now you can listen to it.

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  2023. 03. 07. Our RRI solution card collection is out We have collected the good practices and tools that have been found effective during the Co-Change Project to help practitioners apply RRI principles in particular contexts, whether an organisation or a wider institutional system. Check out our RRI solution cards.

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  2023. 03. 06. The Future of RRI Beyond Europe - video We recorded one of the hybrid sessions of our Final Conference that took place on 7 February 2023. The “Future of RRI beyond Europe” was discussed by Erik Fisher (Arizona State University, USA), Penny Haworth (South Africa), Justine Lacey (CSIRO, Australia), and Dafna Feinholz (UNESCO) and moderated by Peter Biegelbauer (AIT) and Caroline Lackinger (Co-Change project). Listen to this inspiring discussion.

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  2023. 02. 15. Embedded, necessary, meaningful – are these ingredients sufficient for a sustainable RRI future? Responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been around for more than a decade. A wealth of know-how on its implementation has accumulated over the years, but the RRI still faces considerable challenges. The 3rd RRI Roundtable Meeting on the 1st of December 2022 gathered experienced RRI researchers around a virtual table to consider the prospects of RRI. Participants shared their viewpoints on the future challenges and opportunities of RRI, and this discussion crystallized in two aspects how to ensure that RRI continues to create an impact also in the future.

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  2023. 02. 08. We celebrated our final conference We could welcome around 100 participants (in person and online) at our final conference held in the historical downtown of Budapest, Hungary. Over 30 speakers joined us from the Co-Change Project community and beyond, from Europe and beyond. We didn't discuss only the project's outcomes but several inspiring and insightful issues related to RRI.

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  2023. 02. 06. Co-Change Final Conference We are going to celebrate our final conference in Budapest, Hungary, on the 6th and 7th of February, 2023. Join us online or in person in the historical downtown of Budapest.

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  2023. 02. 06. | Public Co-Change Final Conference We are going to celebrate our final conference in Budapest, Hungary, on the 6th and 7th of February, 2023. Join us online or in person in the historical downtown of Budapest.

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  2023. 01. 13. How to boost responsible funding – exchange trip from Tampere to Vienna December 2022 started with a great learning experience, as Tiina from the Council of Tampere Region, Finland visited Co-Change project partners in Vienna, Austria. Because of the long COVID years, this was the first time to meet face-to-face. The two research-funding partners of our project met to discuss how to introduce accountability into research funding.

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  2022. 12. 01. | Public The third RRI Roundtable The third RRI roundtable will be hosted by VTT in Espoo, Finland. The first two meetings have been a success and engaged experts in a lively debate about RRI. We hope to continue the discussion with European scholars and practitioners! In the third meeting, we will consider the future prospects of RRI.

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  2022. 11. 07. The Co-Change animation video was presented! Our animation video is about the basic RRI aspects and the possible institutionalisation of responsibility. Take 4 minutes to watch it.

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  2022. 11. 06. | Invitation only The Annual Summit Of High Level Forum 2022 The High Level Forum, the international network of innovation ecosystems, brings together international executives, decision and policy makers from the worlds of education, research, industry, business, economy and public authorities, all deeply engaged in the management or promotion of Innovation within their regional ecosystem and often, worldwide.

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  2022. 10. 18. Conference on Open Science Science Europe invites institutional leaders, researchers at all stages of their careers, and experts from the field to join its Conference on Open Science to discuss two key questions: Is Open Science ready to become the norm in research? How do we ensure this becomes an equitable transition? To find answers to these questions, the conference will provide a comprehensive overview of practical and policy initiatives, research assessment reforms, and financial measures that support the transition to Open Science. We will also look forward at new and emerging trends.

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  2022. 10. 18. A video about the AIT AI Ethics Lab is available The AIT AI Ethics Lab supports AI software developers and users in thinking together about questions of privacy, data protection, discrimination, transparency and ethics in general. The Lab’s mission is to answer the question: How do you create ethically designed software with beneficial outcomes for society? Learn more about the lab by looking at a recently made video.

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  2022. 10. 13. | Public What can Responsible Research and Innovation offer Smart Specialisation Strategies in their reorientation towards sustainability? This event will take stock of some experiences promoting Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) to Smart Specialisation Strategies in their reorientation towards sustainability, and address addressing how RRI can be integrated into regional innovation and development policies. The event is organised by the TetTRRIS consortium as a side event of the European Week of Regions and Cities.

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  2022. 10. 05. | Public ECSA 2022 Conference The 4th ECSA Conference runs under the cross-cutting theme of Citizen Science for Planetary Health. The concept of planetary health is based on the understanding that human health and human civilization depend on thriving natural systems and the sustainable stewardship of those natural systems. This demands not only knowledge, commitment and engagement of health and environmental sciences, but inter- and transdisciplinary efforts from all research fields and societal and political actors.

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  2022. 10. 03. What are we doing in the Co-Change Lab of the Council of Tampere Region? The Co-Change Lab at the Council of Tampere Region focuses on developing regional funding to improve responsibility and sustainability.

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  2022. 09. 21. What are we doing in the AI Ethics Lab of the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)? The Co-Change Lab at AIT, the Austrian Institute of Technology, focuses on addressing the promises and challenges associated with research work on and the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence. An interdisciplinary team of social and data scientists is working on AI ethics.

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  2022. 08. 15. Of “Lighthouses’, ‘Living Labs’ and the ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ - Social responsibility beyond research and teaching (an NGO perspective) There is a broad consensus that research and innovation (R&I) must be steered towards socially desirable ends, ensuring that science and technology are the driving forces behind social progress. This puts the current R&I system under increasing pressure to become more inclusive and responsive to current and future societal challenges. Although the critical issues of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) have been gaining academic awareness and political support as tools to move European R&I governance forward, there is broad recognition that the engagement of civil society organisations and citizens has been suboptimal in defining R&I priorities.

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  2022. 08. 05. Our Idea Competition’s winner visited Tecnalia The CTS/C!S Project „DEBIAS - Digitally Eliminating Bias In Applicant Selection“ placed first in our Idea Competition. Representing the CTS, Florian Cech visited Tecnalia - one of our Change Labs in Bilbao, Spain for a one-day workshop and guided tour. The visit was focused on an exchange of ideas on responsible research and innovation (RRI) and interdisciplinarity in technology development, and to gain insights into Tecnalia’s RRI-related activities and organisational transformations.

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  2022. 08. 04. Challenges in the implementation of RRI across Horizon 2020 In the last decade, the European Commission developed an ambitious strategy to promote RRI across the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. This effort resulted in a significant number of European-funded projects that substantially expanded the available knowledge of the theory, methods and implementation of RRI. However, various evaluations and studies revealed a limited and diffuse implementation of the concept. In this article, we aim to shed some light on this matter with a study covering eight programme lines of H2020.

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  2022. 07. 31. Best practice in responsible innovation and respecting Indigenous data sovereignty Researchers of Australia’s national scientific research agency, CSIRO, are working together with indigenous people on many issues. Co-design methodologies and collaborative approaches support good ways of working together so that sharing and learning across Western and Indigenous science might take place. In this blogpost they talk about an example how they work with and rely on Indigenous data, information and knowledge in a responsible way.

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  2022. 07. 19. Trying to Implement RRI: Public Engagment Activities within the NewHoRRIzon Project Public engagement (PE) is a challenge for each researcher and research organization given professional and financial requirements and pressures. But to add to this challenge, public engagement is also an ambiguous and multi-faceted term that can mean engagement with the public on different levels, on different topics and with very different means. Our sounding board member, Erich Griessler delivered a talk about the PE activities of the NewHoRRIzon Project for the GRIPP Project which is available now on Youtube.

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  2022. 06. 29. | Public 9th Living Knowledge Conference The 9th Living Knowledge Conference aims to bring together all those involved in doing or supporting research with and for communities. What can we learn from each other’s approaches? How can we collaborate? Which links have been forged and which could we still make? On our network’s 22nd anniversary we will celebrate our achievements and look forward into the future!

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  2022. 06. 24. New Project of the AIT AI Ethics Lab on "Digital Administration and Ethics" Digitalisation is both an opportunity and a challenge for the civil service. Digital solutions for administrative routines - for example in the area of personnel and knowledge management – promise to make work easier. However, these may be offset by the risk of restricting the personal rights of employees and citizens when using AI applications. To support the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, the AIT AI Ethics Lab runs a workshop series on digitalisation and ethics with civil servants, NGOs and scientists.

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  2022. 06. 12. What are we doing in the Change Lab of the Vienna Science and Technology Fund? The Co-Change Lab at the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF) is working on the implementation of a new open science policy within the organisation.

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  2022. 06. 08. The past, present and future of RRI - Resbios Podcast In the RRI explained podcast, produced by Resbios Project, Dr. phil. René von Schomberg discusses the role of RRI and citizen science in bioscience research. And, first and foremost, the past, present and future of RRI!

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  2022. 05. 25. | Public Sustainable and healthy living environments – How to mobilize citizens’ knowledge? Citizens have knowledge about their living environments that could inform better policies. But how to mobilize people’s own knowledge about their local environments into decision making? A growing number of citizen science initiatives demonstrate how large crowds can be enrolled in collecting data about environmental changes, often with the help of digital tools. They enable novel forms of interaction between citizens, science and policymaking. The webinar of KARKKI Project focuses on the experiences and methodologies developed in response to the increasing hunger for data about sustainability and citizens’ narrow role in expert-led decision-making.

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  2022. 05. 20. How Should Public Administrations Foster the Ethical Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence? Recent advances in AI raise questions about its social impacts and implementation. In response, governments and public administrations seek to develop adequate governance frameworks to mitigate risks and maximize the potential of AI development and use. Such work largely deals with questions of how challenges and risks should be managed, which values and goals should be pursued, and through which institutional mechanisms and principles these goals could be achieved. In this paper, we conduct a systematic review of the existing literature on the development of AI governance for public administration.

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  2022. 05. 19. How Should Public Administrations Foster the Ethical Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence? Recent advances in AI raise questions about its social impacts and implementation. In response, governments and public administrations seek to develop adequate governance frameworks to mitigate risks and maximize the potential of AI development and use. Such work largely deals with questions of how challenges and risks should be managed, which values and goals should be pursued, and through which institutional mechanisms and principles these goals could be achieved. In this paper, we conduct a systematic review of the existing literature on the development of AI governance for public administration.

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  2022. 05. 02. | Public Open Science: Ambition versus Reality – call for abstracts Research funders (RFO) hold a very responsible part in the game of science: trying to identify gaps and needs of the scientific community, academic institutions, and local stakeholders. In this session at STS Conference Graz, we want to dig deeper into this field of tension, first by providing insights into how the Vienna Science and Technology Fund is currently converging towards Open Science and what considerations, obstacles and opportunities are encountered and to provoke a dialog between RFOs and researchers about the multi-perspective dimensions of open science.

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  2022. 05. 02. | Public STS Conference Graz The 20th Annual STS Conference Graz 2022 "Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies" is the joint Annual Conference of the Science Technology and Society Unit of the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science of Graz University of Technology, the Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture and the Institute for Advanced Studies of Science, Technology and Society.The call for session proposals is now open.

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  2022. 04. 28. | Public Artificial Intelligence, global differences and inequalities The workshop will explore the challenges and responsibilities that arise from the development and (commercial) use of AI in a context of socio-economic inequalities as well as differences in cultural values, political systems, regulation, scientific capacities, and other factors. The keynote speaker of the event is Prof. Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, the Chairperson of the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

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  2022. 04. 27. What are we doing in the Change Lab of the University of Novi Sad? The Co-Change Lab at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, focuses on several RRI keys. It is working on the implementation of gender equality, open access, and science education within the faculty. In this visual material, you can see their roadmap towards gender equality at the faculty.

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  2022. 04. 25. Opening the RRI approach toward medium-sized companies - interview One of the associated partners of the Co-Change Project is a Spanish company, QiArrow, which works closely with the Change Lab of Tecnalia, a Spanish applied research and development center. We ask Juan De Blas Pombo, chief executive officer of QiArrow, about the outcomes of their collaboration.

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  2022. 04. 22. | Public Mutual learning & exchange between RFOs to foster institutional change This webinar will take the format of facilitated exchange between less advanced and advanced organisations, where the first will pose questions related to setting up and implementing a GEP and the second will try to address the questions by presenting their experience. The duration will be approximately an hour with the participation of four RFOs. The session will be offered to the SUPERA GEP implementing partners and it will be opened to interested RFOs across Europe.

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  2022. 03. 30. A Brief Talk with Santtu Lehtinen and Henri Wiman Q&A with Work Package 4 leaders about the modelling process of the implementation and institutionalization of the RRI keys in organizations.

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  2022. 03. 27. How listening to the community is helping to safeguard the environment We are helping to support informed decision-making when it comes to safeguarding environmental values in the Beetaloo and Cooper geological basins of Australia. To help decision-makers assess future development proposals, to better understand where to look more closely and where risks are of low concern, the Australian Government brought in science.

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  2022. 03. 25. | Public SUPERA Final Conference The final conference of the SUPERA Project (Supporting the Promotion of Equality in Research and Academia) will take place on Friday, 25th March 2022 (9:30-16:30 CET). The sustainability of institutional change for gender equality will be the core topic of the day.

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  2022. 03. 15. | Public AI in support of Civil Society: webinar This first virtual workshop will outline the preliminary findings of our project on the mapping of AI functionalities in the Civil Security domain, including identified connected controversies. One of the key objectives of the popAI workshop is to ensure that the diversity of experiences of citizens and LEAs within Europe and the civil security domain are addressed.

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  2022. 03. 09. | Public Opening up Research and Innovation - online session Dr. Andrew Adams will present the philosophical and practical case for opening up research and innovation. He will explain what does ‘open’ mean for papers, data, science, innovation and knowledge and why should researchers and innovators care to make their work open.

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  2022. 02. 15. | Public Call for papers - Eu-SPRI Conference Submit papers for the 2022 Eu-SPRI conference: “Challenging Science and Innovation Policy”. The annual Eu-SPRI conference is the leading event in science, technology and innovation policy in Europe, with a broad attendance of scientists as well as policymakers. The key objectives of the conference are to provide a forum for scholars in the areas of research and innovation policy analysis, to exchange ideas, and to present findings across disciplinary boundaries.

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  2022. 02. 08. | Public The Role of Citizens in EU Missions Implementation The TIME4CS consortium invites you to the 1st Citizen Science Helix Event – The Role of Citizens in the EU Missions Implementation, which will take place on 8 February from 1.30 PM to 5.00 PM (CET).

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  2022. 01. 21. | Public Understanding barriers and drivers to facilitate responsible research and innovation (RRI) in organization contexts The objective of this session is to understand the institutional and organizational changes required for a transformation of regional research and innovation ecosystems towards RRI; and in particular for building capacity for citizen and community engagement. We propose to discuss whether and how RRI can open up a window of opportunity at research performing or funding organizations to call the currently dominant internal logics into question by ethical and political reflections; and how can actors transform and be transformed by the existing RRI discourses and practices.

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  2022. 01. 20. | Public TeRRItoria final conference - RRI institutional changes for improved regional governance The Final TeRRItoria Webinar series aims to on the one hand put forward the experiences gained within the 3 years of TeRRItoria journey, at the same time provide some theoretical means as well as practical experiences that are useful to design institutional changes in territories to implement effective RRI principles into R&I ecosystems and governance structures at regional and local level.

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  2022. 01. 19. A Brief Talk with Peter Biegelbauer on the AIT AI Ethics Lab Peter Biegelbauer, the consortium leader of the Co-Change Project, together with his colleagues launched the AIT AI Ethics Lab, a Co-Change Lab, which provides an institutionalised space to reflect on the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. In this way, an interdisciplinary channel of communication and exchange has been established between technological experts and social scientists. He talks in this interview about the challenges they work on in the AI Ethics Lab.

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  2022. 01. 18. A Brief Talk with Dejan Beukovic The Co-Change Lab called RRizing Lab at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad focuses on several RRI keys. In this interview, we are talking with Dejan Beukovic about the steps that have been made for the implementation of open access aspects at the faculty.

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  2022. 01. 16. First Quantum Computing Guidelines Launched as Investment Booms Quantum computing may be at an early stage of development, but it is witnessing massive public investments and huge growth in venture capital financing. The technology has the potential to transform industries and solve society’s most pressing problems. However, the ethical, societal and legal impact and risks of quantum computing are just starting to be discussed, and no global “guidelines” yet exist. The report of the World Economic Forum lays out the first set of principles for the responsible design and adoption of quantum computing technologies to drive positive outcomes for society.

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  2022. 01. 16. Embedding Sustainability in Academia: Deans as Change Makers - webinar recording The GUNi network, in the framework of the DECODE Project, hosted the open webinar 'Embedding Sustainability in Academia: Deans as Change Makers', targeted at Higher Education Institution (HEI) deans and academics and those who are interested in the topic of Sustainable Development (SD) in HEI academic units.

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  2022. 01. 10. Podcasts on RRI The ResBios Project has launched a podcast series about RRI and biosciences. Through a series of podcast interviews with key project leaders and some animated short videos, it is explained why each of the key pillars of RRI are important, and how by adressing these issues we can build a better relationships between science and society.

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  2021. 12. 17. What Open Innovation can and cannot offer the science of science Scholars across disciplines increasingly hear calls for more open and collaborative approaches to scientific research. The concept of Open Innovation in Science (OIS) provides a framework that integrates dispersed research efforts aiming to understand the antecedents, contingencies, and consequences of applying open and collaborative research practices. While the OIS framework has already been taken up by science of science scholars, its conceptual underpinnings require further specification.

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  2021. 12. 16. A Brief Talk with Tiina Ramstedt-Sen The Finnish Council of Tampere Region (CTR) is an authority responsible for regional development. Among other issues, CTR finances innovations in the region, it funds universities, municipalities, research institutes but not private companies. The Co-Change Lab of the Council was established to make funding responsible. The leader of this process is Tiina Ramstedt-Sen, who works as a senior advisor at CTR. Her vision is to create a mental change in the field of innovation in the region.

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  2021. 12. 07. | Public The conference of the European Science Engagement Association Enjoy mind-opening keynotes, interactive panels and co-creative workshops on the future of Public Engagement in Europe!

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  2021. 11. 30. Ljubljana declaration on gender equality aims to redress imbalance in research and innovation As the latest data underline the extent of the gender gap, leading figures debate what to do about the loss of talent this represents. A declaration backed by member states blames ‘outdated gender norms’ and ‘unfair hierarchies and power structures’.

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  2021. 11. 29. Enabling open science and societal engagement in research This report presents insights and recommendations from a workshop held on 1 July 2021 attended by beneficiaries of the Science with and for Society (SwafS) Responsible Research and Innovation institutional change portfolio of projects funded under Horizon 2020 and the initial group of European University Alliances under the European Universities Initiative that received funding under the SwafS programme. Participants discussed how open science and societal engagement could be enabled to become the norm in research performing organisations across the European Research Area, with a particular focus on universities.

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  2021. 11. 24. | Public Science for Policy - Maximise your Policy Impact The scientific world has changed beyond recognition in recent years. The days when scientists produced reports and expected policy-makers to read and then act upon them are long gone!

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  2021. 11. 22. Have a look at our Change Labs! Our project established 8 Co-Change Labs at research performing and research funding organisations, and at universities. They are organisational spaces for building transformative capacity and leadership in the areas of RRI. In this interview series you can read the story of each lab by meeting the lab-leaders.

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  2021. 11. 18. Funders need to credit open science Researchers are increasingly expected to pursue open science in the form of open-access publication and data sharing. To help promote this movement, the Dutch Research Council set up an Open Science Fund for research projects that are specifically designed to stimulate open-science practices.

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  2021. 11. 18. | Public Call for Session Proposals for ESOF2022 Call for Session Proposals for ESOF2022!

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  2021. 11. 18. UNESCO has adopted the Recommendation on Open Science The UNESCO recommendation on Open Science has been unanimously adopted in its entirety by Member States during the Science Commission plenary.

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  2021. 11. 18. | Public European R&I Policy Evaluation Conference The REvaluation Conference 2021 invites extended abstracts, poster or multi-media submissions in 4 thematic strands.

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  2021. 11. 08. | Invitation only Forum 3 The Co-Change platform organizes a series of four interconnected gatherings, called Forums, to support mutual learning and exchange between the Co-Change Labs, their ecosystems and Advisory and Sounding Boards. The third Co-Change Forum took place online on 8 and 9 November 2021 and was co-hosted by AIT from Austria and Tecnalia from Spain.

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  2021. 10. 29. Organizational patterns of RRI: how organizational properties relate to RRI implementation In this article, we explore the connectedness of RRI profiles and organizational properties of 188 European higher education institutions (HEIs). Empirically we identify three distinct clusters of HEIs in terms of their RRI profile. One cluster is characterized by low RRI uptake, while the other two employ a range of RRI policies and procedures related to gender equality, ethics and public engagement. We find that the RRI active clusters were organizationally very alike, characterized by a rather high degree of research intensity and impact, multi-disciplinary orientation, active participation in Horizon 2020.

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  2021. 10. 26. | Public GRACE final webinars As the GRACE project comes to an end, project partners will share their findings and provide stakeholders with useful knowledge to implement RRI in research performing and funding organisations by organising a set of eight thematic webinars. From 26 October to 14 December, these webinars will each address a different topic related to GRACE, with the participation of experts inside and outside of the project.

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  2021. 10. 22. A Brief Talk with Martijn Wiarda The Co-Change Lab of the Delft University of Technology explores which factors can motivate, obstruct or facilitate social responsibility in the standardization process, as facilitated by the Royal Netherlands Standardization Institute (NEN). The analyses allow to set forth recommendations to assist NEN in further improving their services and develop socially desirable standards by transforming the standardization process. The leader of this Co-Change Lab is Martijn Wiarda, and we are talking about the steps they have already made to support NEN in institutionalizing RRI aspects.

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  2021. 10. 21. Engaging in Artificial Intelligence and machine learning What does Public Engagement of Artificial Intelligence might look like? What perceptions are we handling? Artificial intelligence is a complex subject, which more often than not, happens within a black box. Lest we forget that most of the research in this discipline is carried out by transnational companies, whose ultimate aim is to see the public as users, and not as co producers. We, as communicators, have a real challenge before us. In this article four approaches are reviewed to public engagement with AI and reflects on the need to ensure its human-centred development.

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  2021. 10. 19. | Public Responsible Innovation Summit The Responsible Innovation Summit showcases the leaders around the world influencing responsible digital transformation. Series of events will take place online over 4-days to explore how to use the power of innovation to create a more sustainable and just economy. Various opportunities will be open for change-maker innovators to be inspired, learn and network. Central theme of the 2021 conference: How to make change happen?

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  2021. 10. 13. What Europeans think about science and technology? A new Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' shows that 9 in 10 EU citizens (86%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive. They expect a range of technologies currently under development to have a positive effect on our way of life in the next 20 years.

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  2021. 10. 13. Changing the research and innovation system through democratic experimentation: a guide to good practices for RRI Want to improve research & innovation? Want to learn about how to do this through participatory experiments? The NewHoRRIzon Project released a guide to good practices with lessons & narratives on 4 years of experimentation with RRI in social labs across Europe.

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  2021. 10. 07. Multiple futures for society, research, and innovation in the European Union: jumping to 2038 This article contributes to the Responsible Research and Innovation literature in two ways: the authors consider how societal aspects are taken into account in research and innovation activities in four fundamentally different scenarios, as opposed to analysing current practices; and they put the emphasis on the political conditions of the interactions among the actors, as opposed to focussing on RRI principles and instruments.

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  2021. 10. 06. | Public Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy The Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi), together with PRIA and University of Victoria, are pleased to invite you to the Webinar - book launch “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy” that will be held on October 6th, 2021 at 4pm CEST.

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  2021. 10. 05. | Public 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST) The 12th International Sustainability Transitions Conference (IST) will be hosted from Karlsruhe, Germany from October 5 to 8, 2021. The IST is the central event of the international transitions research community and is organized annually by different partners on behalf of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN). STRN comprises more than 1500 international researchers from various disciplines and produces more than 500 publications in specialist journals every year. The research network and the annual conference address the question of how the transition to sustainability can succeed through co-evolutionary changes and innovations in socio-technical systems. IST 2021 is hosted by Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI.

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  2021. 09. 29. Participatory agenda setting for research and innovation - collection The SpringerOpen Portfolio has published a review of the literature on theory and practice of participatory agenda setting for research and innovation (PASE) in the Journal of Futures Research. It summarises the topical collection’s contributions regarding current international cases and analyses respective PASE limits and benefits, thereby promoting its conceptual and practical understanding.

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  2021. 09. 29. | Public SeeRRI Conference The SeeRRI Final Conference will bring together policymakers, regional stakeholders, researchers, members of SeeRRI and related projects, EU officials, citizens interested in the future of Europe, and speakers for knowledge-sharing and lively debates about the future of responsible regional planning and responsible research and innovation (RRI).

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  2021. 09. 27. Open access online learning programmes on Responsible and Sustainable Innovation The University Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) together with the Tampere University (Tampere, Finland), Kozminsiki University (Varsovia, Polonia), Notus (Barcelona, Spain) and INGOs (Varsovia, Polonia), has developed an open access learning programme on responsible and sustainable Innovation within the framework of the Erasmus+ project RRIL.

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  2021. 09. 27. | Public ORION Open Science Final Conference Join the final ORION Open Science Conference on 27-28 September to learn about and discuss achievements and lessons learned throughout the ORION project from 2017 to 2021. The conference is free of charge and open to anyone interested in Open Science and RRI practices, and its future national and international implications.

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  2021. 09. 24. Co-creation for Responsible Research and Innovation This open access book summarizes research being pursued within the SISCODE (Society in Innovation and Science through CO-DEsign) project, funded by the EU under the H2020 programme, the goal of which is to set up an analytical, reflective and learning framework to explore the transformations in initiatives and policies emerging from the interaction between citizens and stakeholders. The book provides a critical analysis of the co-design processes activated in 10 co-creation labs addressing societal challenges across Europe.

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  2021. 09. 15. A Brief Talk with Tecnalia’s Change Lab The Change Lab of the Spanish applied research and development centre, Tecnalia, was established to start the institutional discourse of responsible innovation. The so-called Shape Lab aims to systematically introduce and implement RRI principles in the functioning, contributing to developing practice policies and understanding this concept. We are talking about the steps they made on the long road towards organizational changes with three members of the Lab, Ezekiela Arrizabalaga, Antonia Bierwirth, Lucia Polo.

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  2021. 09. 14. Preprint advocates must also fight for research integrity Efforts to share research with the public must include mechanisms to prevent harm resulting from low-quality work.The case for releasing preprints is clear: results from scientific studies are made more quickly and more broadly available. Overall, greater sharing and transparency boosts trustworthiness and collaboration. But efforts to promote preprints without simultaneously implementing firm measures to ensure that the research is of high quality put the cart before the horse. All proponents of open science should have two responsibilities: to promote practices such as preprint publication, and to prevent them from doing harm. Article from nature.com.

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  2021. 09. 13. Sweden created a government agency to handle research-misconduct investigations In most countries, universities and research institutions deal with misconduct allegations in-house, which can lead to some cases not being handled fairly or transparently. Sweden followed Denmark — the first country in the world to set up such an agency, in 2017 — in a bid to shake up research-fraud probes.The newly formed government organization tackled 46 research-fraud investigations in 2020 — three times as many as expected. An article form nature.com.

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  2021. 09. 10. | Public RRING Community Networking Event The event will provide a valuable networking opportunity for RRING Community members and a chance to engage directly with other RRING participants around salient issues.The goal is to begin a process of attempting to build sub-groups / networks on these issues within the RRING community.

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  2021. 09. 08. The European Science Media Hub about Co-Change The European Science Media Hub has published an article about our project and the changes we want to achieve. They interviewed one of the leaders of our lab at the University of Novi Sad, Branislava Lalic, and Sven Schlarb, scientist who is working with our lab established at the Austrian Institute of Technology.

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  2021. 09. 08. A Brief Talk with Nina Rilla The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) is one of the major players and influencers in Finland in the field of autonomous systems. In their lab called RAAS (Rethinking Autonomy and Safety) they are creating standardised practices and defining core values for new technology. We are talking about VTT’s activities with Nina Rilla, senior scientist of the organisation.

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  2021. 09. 08. | Public IAMRRI Future Talk Scope of the IAMRRI Future Talk is to give a comprehensive overview of the results and outcomes of the IAMRRI project. Each topic investigated in the project will be presented by various speakers in 6 sessions. A future talk is part of each session and will open up the discussion on the future of the RRI opening in new evolving innovation system such as webs of innovation value chains.

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  2021. 09. 08. An unfinished journey? Reflections on a decade of responsible research and innovation In this article, the authors reflect on a decade of Responsible Research and Innovation as a discourse emerging from the European Commission 10 years ago. They discuss the foundations for RRI, its emergence during the Seventh Framework programme and its subsequent evolution during Horizon 2020. They discuss how an original vision for RRI became framed around five so-called ‘keys’: gender, open access, science communication, ethics and public engagement.

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  2021. 09. 07. 81% of Horizon 2020 papers were published in open access journals More than 80% of scientific papers stemming from Horizon 2020 funded projects were published in open access journals, according to the European Commission in a new report. It shows 86% of publications based on projects funded through the excellent science pillar in Horizon 2020 were published in open access journals. The highest rates of open access publication were in projects funded through the European Research Council (ERC) and the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme, where rates were over 88%.

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  2021. 09. 07. A Brief Talk with Branislava Lalić The Co-Change Lab called RRIzing Lab at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad focuses on several RRI keys. In a previous interview, we introduced how the Lab members worked on gender equality; here, we discuss their open data and science education journey.

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  2021. 09. 06. How open is your research? Science is stronger when we work together—across distance, discipline and career stage. Open Science creates opportunities for both an expanded scientific record and broader participation in scientific discourse overall. But how often can you demonstrate Openness in your research? Find out how well you practice Open Science and get tips on how you can develop your skills - online research.

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  2021. 09. 06. | Public Online Workshop: Responsible Innovation for Smart Public Transport Workshop on September 6th, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST organised by ISINNOVA, De Montfort University, WU Vienna and Siemens Dear colleague, Smart public transport is essential to meet the challenges of urbanization. 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas and this number is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. In order to prepare for new digital ecosystems correctly, smart public transport will require responsible innovation of many stakeholders from different industries.

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  2021. 08. 28. New CO-operations for CO-Change In addition to the institutional changes we are working on in our Change Labs we would like to inspire and help institutional changes beyond the project’s boundaries. For that reason we made an international call for innovative RRI practices.

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  2021. 08. 03. A comprehensive appraisal of responsible research and innovation Responsible Research and Innovation and Responsible Innovation have grown substantially since their birth in the previous decades. They have been used as synonyms on a structural basis, and both concepts have been studied from various disciplinary backgrounds. This paper identifies Responsible Research and Innovation's and Responsible Innovation's shared research topics, knowledge base, and academic organisation as a common ground for scholars to further their individual or joint research. New article with Co-Change partners among the authors.

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  2021. 07. 23. Responsible research assessment faces the acid test The University of Liverpool is planning to make lay-offs on the basis of controversial measures. How should the global movement for responsible research respond? - read the editorial appeared on Nature's portal.

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  2021. 07. 23. A Brief Talk with Mila Grahovac The Co-Change Lab called RRIzing Lab at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad focuses on several RRI keys. In this interview, we are talking with Mila Grahovac about the steps that have been made for the implementation of gender equality at the faculty.

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  2021. 07. 05. A Brief Talk with Donia Lasinger Donia Lasinger, deputy managing director of Vienna Science and Technology Fund, is talking about the way gender equality and open science are being implemented to the funding guidelines of a small RFO.

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  2021. 07. 04. Taking knowledge production seriously in responsible research and innovation Responsible research and innovation (RRI) has been the preferred idiom for interrogating the social, ethical and political dimensions of science, technology and innovation for roughly a decade. The uptake of RRI into prominent policy organisations has resulted in a proliferation of policy frameworks as policy makers have attempted to articulate what it means for them to enact RRI. Here, Robert D.J. Smith, Zara Thokozani Kamwendo, Anja Berndt and Jamie Parkin draw on their experience developing an RRI framework in the ERA Cofund on Biotechnology.

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  2021. 07. 04. Improvisation as Responsible Innovation in Organizations Improvisation might be seen as a method of responsible innovation in organizations, due to its potential to be more responsive and enable bottom-up initiative. Considering that improvising involves the ability to pivot we argue that enhancing entrepreneurial orientation of existing firms means that their entrepreneurial behaviors can be also displayed in more responsible manner. The paper aims at investigating the influence of improvisation on entrepreneurial orientation (EO). The paper of Milena Gojny-Zbierowska and Przemysław Zbierowski.

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  2021. 06. 30. | Public 9th Living Knowledge Conference 2021 | Synergies in Research with and for Communities The 9th Living Knowledge Conference aims to bring together all those involved in doing or supporting research with and for communities.

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  2021. 06. 23. | Public European Research and Innovation Days The European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

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  2021. 06. 09. | Public ECSITE Conference 2021 Everyone committed to inspiring people with science and technology is invited to join the largest European science engagement conference and meet with 1200+ peers.

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  2021. 06. 01. | Public How economics can save the world Protecting nature‘s invaluable contributions to humankind is the critical challenge of the coming decades.

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  2021. 05. 17. | Public New HoRRIzon Final Conference The virtual final conference of the NewHoRRIzon Project will inform attendees about the achievements and lessons learned in the H2020 project.

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  2021. 05. 10. | Public Good quality science communication in a digital world The RETHINK Workshop will present research results on how quality criteria could be applied by actors ranging from university press officers to bloggers.

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  2021. 05. 03. | Invitation only Co-creating human-centred policies – for a better Europe How do we create a culture of citizen engagement in policymaking across Europe? We’d like you to join us in exploring this at the final SISCODE conference “Co-creating human-centred policies – for a better Europe” from May 3rd-7th, 2021. During the free and virtual conference, we dive into the challenges and outcomes of co-creating policies with our citizens.

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  2021. 05. 03. | Public STS Conference Graz 2021 | Critical issues in science, technology & society studies Open Science, Digitalization of Society, Mobility: A Socio-Technical System on the Way to Sustainability?, Gender, Science and Technology

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  2021. 04. 30. IDEA COMPETITION We call innovators (individuals, teams and organisations) from all over the world to come up with solutions tackling the SDGs or the societal challenges defined by the EC through an ecosystem approach. Any ideas that create change in terms of practices, procedures, routines or rules along the research cycle are very welcome.

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  2021. 04. 29. Open Access Monitoring This briefing paper provides recommendations on the three main questions an organisation should answer to develop a monitoring exercise: Why, What, and How?

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  2021. 04. 29. | Public Café Sci: Adapt or Die? Surviving takes effort. Responding to changing and imposed conditions is adaptation. And some of us have it down better than others, take for example octopus.

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  2021. 04. 28. | Public FAIRsFAIR-OpenAIRE workshop: National policy and support actions for research data skills - impact and experiences The European University Association organises a workshop on research data management.

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  2021. 04. 22. | Public New European Bauhaus Conference The 1st #NewEuropeanBauhaus conference is around the corner!

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  2021. 04. 21. Focus on WPs In a series of blog posts, we introduce our Co-Changers, the WP leads who are behind our project machinery.

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  2021. 04. 20. A Brief Talk with Petra Wagner Q&A with the leader of Work Package 2 about how to bind our change labs together in a mutually beneficial co-change platform.

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  2021. 04. 19. | Public Virtual Summit on the Future of Socially Responsible Research & Innovation The RRING project two-day final summit brings together the key learnings and insights from its activities.

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  2021. 04. 08. State aid for R&D&I A public consultation about the review of the Communication on the Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation has been launched. All citizens, organisations, companies, and public authorities are welcome to contribute.

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  2021. 03. 23. | Public What are the ethical, social and legal challenges of emerging technologies? Three major EU-funded projects, SIENNA, SHERPA and PANELFIT in collaboration with STOA are coming together to discuss their findings and provide the context for a discussion on the policy options for the ethical governance of disruptive technologies.

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  2021. 03. 18. | Public #ResponsibleRegions – Fifth Dialogue #ResponsibleRegions is a series of monthly webinars dealing with the concepts of the Smart Specialisation Strategy and RRI.

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  2021. 03. 12. | Public EARTO Annual Conference 2021 The conference focused on “Ensuring Europe’s Sustainable Recovery through Technology”. It featured high-level speakers from the European Institutions, Industry, as well as RTOs.

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  2021. 02. 22. | Invitation only Forum 2 The Co-Change platform organizes a series of four interconnected gatherings, called Forums, to support mutual learning and exchange between the Co-Change Labs, their ecosystems and Advisory and Sounding Boards. Forum 2 took place online on 22 and 23 February 2021 and was co-hosted by AIT from Austria and VTT from Finland.

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  2021. 02. 20. Is Artificial Intelligence Undermining the Basis of Democracy? Our project leader, Peter Biegelbauer is talking in a presentation about the impacts of artificial intelligence on democracy, the welfare state, liberty and equality. And also about the solutions for the negative side effects of artificial intelligence.

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  2021. 02. 20. The Future of Open Science Do you have a visionary look into how the world will look like if the research process is fully transparent? Did you think of how to improve academic conferences, research data, access to scholarly publishing, research, open research and commercialization? Here is a call for you.

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  2021. 02. 19. A Brief Talk with Justine Lacey What is the actual state of RRI in Australia? Is the concept of RRI already a part of the national science strategy? Does the industry apply the concept of RRI in Australia?

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  2021. 02. 15. A Brief Talk with Antonia Bierwirth Many organizations are in a situation where they need to re-invent and re-define their value creation logic from the perspective of social expectations. However, this is a complex process and leaders are dealing with dilemmas between efficiency and flexibility, ethics and profit, competition and collaboration.

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  2021. 02. 10. Assessment of Resposible Innovation: Methods and Practices Emad Yaghmaei, the Co-Change WP6 leader is the co-editor of a new, open access book on the assessement of responsible innovation.

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  2021. 02. 02. A Brief Talk with René von Schomberg Can research become more productive in terms of delivering on socially desirable outcomes?

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  2021. 02. 01. "It is incumbent upon us to shape technologies in ways that are responsible" Interview with Richard Owen, Professor at the University of Bristol's School of Economics, Finance and Management. He is one of the authors of the groundbreaking publication “Developing a framework for responsible innovation”.

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  2021. 01. 28. | Public Science communication with a Gender Perspective ResBios Open Dialogues Science communication with a Gender Perspective: what does this really mean? A closer look into biosciences

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  2021. 01. 12. The Science of Citizen Science A new open-access book, ‘The Science of Citizen Science’, is now available. Published by Springer, it features contributions from more than 100 authors, including several ECSA staff and members.

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  2021. 01. 08. Journal of Responsible Innovation Journal of Responsible Innovation is now a fully #OpenAccess journal. All volumes and issues are now free to read, and all future articles will be Open Access.

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  2021. 01. 04. Institutional Change for RRI A call for paper to the special issue of 'The Learning Organization' which aims to bridge the gap between RRI and the learning organization/organizational learning. Which institutional changes make RRI a reality? What is the role of organizational learning in this change process?

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  2021. 01. 01. | Public What role is there for RRI in Horizon Europe? Watch an interview with Erich Griessler, our sounding board member.

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  2021. 01. 01. | Public Try RRI! A guide for Responsible Research and Innovation In this online course, you will learn how to apply Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in your own work. First by understanding why it is important to act responsibly in your research and innovation processes at all.

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  2020. 12. 09. | Public Digital human rights and the future of democracy: Lessons from the pandemic 09 December 2020, 15:00 - 17:00 | Panel for the Future of Science and Technology

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  2020. 12. 06. | Public Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival | 6-12 December Deliberative democracy and citizen engagement can be effective responses to the erosion of trust in democratic institutions, as well as helping to develop better policies by including all those concerned in more direct ways.

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  2020. 12. 01. A Brief Talk with Emad Yaghmaei Assessing the performance of the Co-Change Labs against RRI principles, reflecting on whether we walk the talk.

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  2020. 12. 01. A Brief Talk with Mika Nieminen Contextualising the implementation of RRI requires clarification of organizational self-understanding and reflexivity.

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  2020. 11. 30. | Public Engage Festival 2020: Engagement, innovation and change Join us to reflect on the future of engagement in a Covid-19 world.

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  2020. 11. 16. | Invitation only STIR training with Erik Fisher Co-Change will organise three half-day of interactive sessions on the 16th, 19th and 25th of November.

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  2020. 11. 04. | Public Open Science Cafe The Orion Open Science Train-the-Trainer course is offering an online Open Science Café.

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  2020. 11. 03. | Public Everything you wanted to ask about science advice #AskRolf How to make politicians listen to and understand science? Ask Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission.

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  2020. 10. 05. Insights on Co-Change impact on research and innovation in research funding and performing organisations We invited our partners, innovation ecosystem actors and stakeholders, Advisory and Sounding Board members for a Forum to co-create possible futures and impressionistic visions for 2035 about the four most pressing praxis fields of the Co-Change labs.

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  2020. 09. 29. Co-Change – the first online Forum Visioning exercise with Co-Change consortium and its supporting partners, including the Co-Change Labs and their innovation ecosystem partners, the Advisory and Sounding Board members.

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  2020. 09. 23. | Invitation only Forum 1 The Co-Change platform organizes a series of four interconnected gatherings, called Forums, to support mutual learning and exchange between the Co-Change Labs, their ecosystems and Advisory and Sounding Boards. The first Co-Change Forum took place on 23 and 24 September 2020 and was hosted virtually by consortium partner AIT from Vienna, Austria.

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  2020. 08. 19. Project on legal, ethical and social consequences of research and innovation launched The project Co-Create Change in Research Funding and Performing Organisations (CO-CHANGE) has been launched.

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  2020. 08. 18. Co-Change mission Co-Change is an EU-funded H2020 project, running between February 2020 and January 2023, under the SwafS-05-2018-2019 call (Grounding RRI practices in research and innovation funding and performing organisations).

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  2020. 06. 26. | Public Webinar: The role of science and science funders in the time of the COVID-19 crisis Science has been propelled to the forefront in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and will have a critical role in informing global recovery strategies to the “new normal” in a post-COVID-19 world. How can we maximize its impact?