Responsible Research and Innovation in SpainRRI Tools Hubs Meeting, Lisbon, April 2015

Hub coordinators:

Hub members:

| Consultation workshops in Spain

• More than 25 Spanish institutions were involved and convinced

about the importance of RRI

“Incorporating RRI in our work may

benefit us to receive more funds,

have the support of the industry

and facilitate new allies”

Researchers

“Difficulty of valorising the benefits

of RRI, it will initially increase the

production costs. Profitability of

implementing RRI should be

assessed”

Industry We want to take part in the

decision making process with the

same rank as any other

stakeholder

CSOs

| Action Plan for the Spanish hub

Public Events

Training

Advocacy

Institutional

change

• Organization of public events, mainly devoted to researchers, science communicators and project managers.

• Training courses for teachers and higher education students.

• Training workshops for different stakeholders

• Implementation of the Advocacy plan, with special focus on one-to-one meetings with Policy Makers.

• Community Advisory Committee

• Science shop (ENRRIch project)

• XploreHealth Project

+ Dissemination Plan: Mailings and newsletters, social media, Community of

Practice, media campaign

| Promising practices in Spain

Innovacciones 360º:

Food-packaging

innovation

Sportis Living Lab:

Living Lab on sports

Ibercivis: Citizen

science

Community

advisory

Committee

NERRI:

Reflection on

Neuro-

enhancement

Technology Assessment

Participation in research

Citizen science

Open innovation

Gender balance in R&I

Open systems:

Citizen science

Catalytic project:

Checklist on RRI

NanOpinion:

Public consultation

on nanotech

Xplore Health:

Educational

programme

Open democracy

Education

GENPORT Project

| Selected Promising Practices in Spain

Innovacciones 360° Project

• Open innovation and citizen participation in the food

packaging sector.

• Turning citizens into drivers and players of the R + D + I

• Fostering innovation through a circular flow of information,

from the end user of food packaging to scientists and SMEs.

NERRI Project

• Researchers, engineers, developers and potential legislators

reflecting on Neuro-Enhancement technologies, before

products start to hit the marketplace.

• Policy recommendations for the governance of neuro-

enhancement technologies.

| Selected Promising Practices in Spain

IberCivis

• Volunteer computing platform and series of experiments

that allow society to participate in scientific research

directly and in real time.

• The computer becomes a window to science, creating a

channel for direct dialogue between researchers and

society.

Living Lab SPORTIS

• Projects proposition, definition, co-creation, coordination

and product validation to cover needs and expectatives

around the sports sector.

• Involving companies, public administrations, research centres

and citizens in the innovation process

| RRI Practices at IrsiCaixa

Xplore Health

• Educational programme with participative multimedia and

hands-on resources aiming at decreasing the gap between

health research and education.

• Promotes Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE)

• Promotes interaction of students with different social actors

for them to become active citizens in the knowledge society.

Community Advisory Committee (CAC)

• Facilitates the dialogue between HIV-affected groups and

the scientific community who carry out studies with patients.

• CSOs’ representatives are involved in research studies with

patients, from the design phase.

• Reflect together on eventual obstacles that might be faced

during the implementation.