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Prof. Ana Marušić, MD PhD
Higher Education Institutions and Responsible Research and
Innovation
A Higher Education Institution, HEI, is a formal learning organism that is accessible after the
secondary education, such as universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of
technology.
What is HEI?
According to René von Schomberg, Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a “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”.
RRI seeks the alignment between R+D+I and the societal needs, values and expectations.
The European Commission has identified six key axes of RRI: public engagement, science ethics, science education, gender equality, open access, and science governance. However,
RRI is a critical and transformative concept that goes well beyond these arbitrarily assigned issues.
What is RRI?
HEIRRI is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to integrate the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) at all
stages of education of scientists and engineers, as well as other fields or professions working on or affected by R&I.
This is HEIRRI
- Multi-stakeholder Forum
- Stock taking
- Training materials design and elaboration
- Pilot experiences
- Internationalization
- Communication and dissemination
- Formative evaluation
- Coordination and management
Description of the project
Celebrated on 18th of March 2016 in CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain More than 150 people (from over 20 countries) discussed about the integration of RRI in university education The conference had abstract panels, posters, workshops and expert lectures
1st HEIRRI Conference
HEIRRI Consortium
Communication
Twitter: www.twitter.com/HEIRRI_ Facebook: www.facebook.com/HEIRRI LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups/8436874
Thank you for your attention!
