Consolidating RRI and Open Science: understanding the potential for transformative change
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(2020) 16:7
RESEARCH
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Consolidating RRI and Open Science: understanding the potential for transformative change Clare Shelley-Egan1*, Mads Dahl Gjefsen1 * Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Work Research Institute, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Postboks 4 St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
and Rune Nydal2
Abstract In European research and innovation policy, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science (OS) encompass two co-existing sets of ambitions concerning systemic change in the practice of research and innovation. This paper is an exploratory attempt to uncover synergies and differences between RRI and OS, by interrogating what motivates their respective transformative agendas. We offer two storylines that account for the specific contexts and dynamics from which RRI and OS have emerged, which in turn offer entrance points to further unpacking what ‘opening up’ to society means with respect to the transformative change agendas that are implicit in the two agendas. We compare differences regarding the ‘how’ of opening up in light of the ‘why’ to explore common areas of emphasis in both OS and RRI. We argue that while both agendas align with mission-oriented narratives around grand societal challenges, OS tends to emphasize efficiency and technical optimisation over RRI’s emphasis on normative concerns and democracy deficits, and that the two agendas thus contrast in their relative legitimate emphasis on doable outcomes versus desirable outcomes. In our conclusion, we reflect on the future outlook for RRI and OS’ co-existence and uptake, and on what their respective ambitions for transformation might mean for science-society scholars and scholarship. Keywords: Europe, Open Science, Research and innovation policy, Responsible Research and Innovation, Transformative change
Introduction In European research and innovation policy, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science (OS) encompass two co-existing sets of ambitions concerning systemic change in the practice of research and innovation. This paper is an exploratory attempt to uncover synergies and differences between RRI and OS. Such a comparison is important because RRI and OS both offer prescriptions and specific routes regarding how existing research and innovation systems could or should be transformed to better ends. Both ambitions prescribe transformative change of the research © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If mater
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