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Responsible Innovation for the Pursuit of Sustainability.

Dr. Dr.phil René von Schomberg*

*The views expressed here are those of the author and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission

Presentation is based on AMONG OTHER: 'A vision of Responsible Research and Innovation' in: In: R. Owen, M.Heintz and J .Bessant (eds.) Responsible Innovation. London: John Wiley, 2013,

Old wisdoms don’t hold for 21th centuryGive a man a fish and he has food for a day; Teach a man to fish and he has food for a life-time

‘pursuit of happiness’

Infinite rescourcesAnybody has access

to rescourcesPrivatisation & state

–regulation have demonstrated their limits: loss of ‘meaning’ of souvereignity.

‘pursuit of ‘sustainability’

‘societal challenges’: innovation for sustainability

Passarola- 'Ugly bird'

"A machine for sailing through the air" 1702

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Benefits and Risks of the Passarola

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Benefits: 'Manage 200 leagues a day''Bring far away countries news and orders''The furthermost regions will be discovered, to the Portuguese nation's benefit'

Risks: 'many crimes will be committed, as (…) to easily flee from one country to another'

Recommendation to the king: "its use will have to be limited"

National ‘souvereign’ vs MarketResponsible control/useResponsible governor-

central control agentRestricted use

Benefit for the state

Moral constraint of governor

Responsible marketing● "Loss of control agent"

● Democratization of use/privatization of production

● Market-competition for 'benefit of all'-market-success

● Market hurdles

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Innovation vs. Responsible InnovationInnovationState responsibility for

risks

Macro-economic assessment: 'infinite growth'

steer less, inherently good (benefits=market-succes)

'the faster, the better'Technology-oriented R&D

Responsible Innovation

State responsibility for positive outcomes of R&I

Economic and societal impact of 'knowledge'': 'sustained growth'

responsive to basic needs, reflect basic values(beyond consumer-preferences on the market)

Innovation is 'managed'(anticipate irresponsible R&I)

Issue-oriented R&I

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Defining RRIResponsible Research and Innovation is 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) outcomes and impacts

Required- Stakeholder commitment to socially desirable

objectives

Innovation vs. Responsible InnovationMARKET-BASED INNOVATION

RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION

State responsibility for risks

Macro-economic assessment: 'infinite growth'

steer less, inherently good

'the faster, the better'Technology-oriented R&D

State responsibility for `right' impacts of R&I

Economic and societal impact of 'knowledge'': 'sustained growth'

responsive to basic needs, reflect basic values

Innovation is 'managed'Issue-oriented R&I

Responsible Development of Tech vs Responsible InnovationResponsible Development

Responsible Innovation

Identification and management of ethical, legal, and societal implications

Incorporation of safety evaluation of into the product life cycle and allocation of

Budgets for identification and study of risks

Identification of knowledge gaps and regulatory needs

Involvement of stakeholders and engagement in international dialogue

Key-tech focussed

Anticipatory Governance Deliberative Governance: Early

policy responsive and stakeholder commitment

Ethics of Co-Responsibility Ethics as a driving force Driving innovation 'societal

desirable ends'- Innovation partnerships

Societal objective focussed: whatever it takes as 'means': multitech-social innovation etc

Transition to Sustainable energy

ConclusionFrom ‘pursuit of happiness’ to ‘pursuit of

sustainability’ requires regulation beyond State and Market- ‘public goods’: ‘clean air’

Responsible Innovation drives innovation towards ‘societal, global common challenges’’

Turns innovations which hinders RI into irresponsible ones…..

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Defining RRIResponsible Research and Innovation is 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) outcomes and impacts

Frugal Innovation(Mashelkar):More(performance),Less(cost),More(people)

INCOME Inequality: 1000:1Access Inequality: 1:1

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Frugal Innovation: 28 Dollar Foot

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Frugal innovation IndiaProduct From TOTablet 700 $ 35 $Psoriasis Treatment 20.000$ 100$Hepatitis B vaccine 18 $ 0.4Cataract Surgery 3000 30 $Artificial Foot 12.000 28 $

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