IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pbio00/2003921.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Experiments in interdisciplinarity: Responsible research and innovation and the public good

Author

Listed:
  • Ana Delgado
  • Heidrun Åm

Abstract

In Europe, responsible research and innovation (RRI) has emerged as a science policy measure that demands the early integration of a broad range of social actors and perspectives into research and development (R&D). More collaboration of the social sciences and humanities (SSH) with science and engineering appears within this policy framework as a crucial element that will enable better technological development. However, RRI is new to both natural scientists and SSH scholars, and interdisciplinary collaborations are challenging for many reasons. In this paper, we discuss these challenges while suggesting that what RRI can be in a particular project is not a given but remains an empirical question. Natural scientists and SSH scholars need to coresearch RRI in an experimental mode.

Suggested Citation

  • Ana Delgado & Heidrun Åm, 2018. "Experiments in interdisciplinarity: Responsible research and innovation and the public good," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:2003921
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003921
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003921
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2003921&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003921?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Angela Filipe & Alicia Renedo & Cicely Marston, 2017. "The co-production of what? Knowledge, values, and social relations in health care," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-6, May.
    2. Sheila Jasanoff, 2007. "Technologies of humility," Nature, Nature, vol. 450(7166), pages 33-33, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Michael O’Grady & Eleni Mangina, 2022. "Adoption of Responsible Research and Innovation in Citizen Observatories," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-14, June.
    2. Xia Cao & Dan Lv & Zeyu Xing, 2020. "Innovative Resources, Promotion Focus and Responsible Innovation: The Moderating Roles of Adaptive Governance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-19, April.
    3. Anita Pipere & Kristīne Mārtinsone, 2023. "Shaping an Image of Science in the 21st Century: The Perspective of Metamodernism," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-27, December.
    4. Beniamino Callegari & Olga Mikhailova, 2021. "RRI and Corporate Stakeholder Engagement: The Aquadvantage Salmon Case," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-18, February.
    5. Jiqing Liu & Gui Zhang & Xiaojing Lv & Jiayu Li, 2022. "Discovering the Landscape and Evolution of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI): Science Mapping Based on Bibliometric Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-32, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Arora-Jonsson, Seema, 2016. "Does resilience have a culture? Ecocultures and the politics of knowledge production," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 98-107.
    2. Alberto Matenhauer Urbinatti & Simone Ley Omori-Honda & Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho & Klaus Frey & Pedro Roberto Jacobi & Leandro Luiz Giatti, 2023. "‘Nexus’ Narratives in Urban Vulnerable Places: Pathways to Sustainability via Municipal Health Programs in Brazil," World, MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-16, January.
    3. Paul Mkandawire & Isaac Luginaah & Rachel Bezner-Kerr, 2011. "Deadly divide: Malawi’s policy debate on HIV/AIDS and condoms," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 44(1), pages 81-102, March.
    4. Melo, Ana Teixeira & Caves, Leo Simon Dominic, 2018. "Complex systems of knowledge integration: A pragmatic proposal for coordinating and enhancing inter/transdisciplinarity," OSF Preprints 7v49b, Center for Open Science.
    5. Green, Sara & Carusi, Annamaria & Hoeyer, Klaus, 2022. "Plastic diagnostics: The remaking of disease and evidence in personalized medicine," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 304(C).
    6. Andrea Saltelli & Monica Fiore, 2020. "From sociology of quantification to ethics of quantification," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 7(1), pages 1-8, December.
    7. Betsos, Alex & Valleriani, Jenna & Boyd, Jade & McNeil, Ryan, 2022. "Beyond co-production: The construction of drug checking knowledge in a Canadian supervised injection facility," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 314(C).
    8. Pellizzone, Anna & Allansdottir, Agnes & De Franco, Roberto & Muttoni, Giovanni & Manzella, Adele, 2015. "Exploring public engagement with geothermal energy in southern Italy: A case study," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 1-11.
    9. Holland, Claire & McCarthy, Adam & Ferri, Priscila & Shapira, Philip, 2024. "Innovation intermediaries at the convergence of digital technologies, sustainability, and governance: A case study of AI-enabled engineering biology," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    10. Annette Boaz & Robert Borst & Maarten Kok & Alison O’Shea, 2021. "How far does an emphasis on stakeholder engagement and co-production in research present a threat to academic identity and autonomy? A prospective study across five European countries [Systems Thin," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 30(3), pages 361-369.
    11. Emir Fejzic & Will Usher, 2024. "Stakeholder-driven research in the European Climate and Energy Modelling Forum," Papers 2406.01640, arXiv.org.
    12. Timo Y. Maas & Annet Pauwelussen & Esther Turnhout, 2022. "Co-producing the science–policy interface: towards common but differentiated responsibilities," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    13. Dani Arribas-Bel & Mark Green & Francisco Rowe & Alex Singleton, 2021. "Open data products-A framework for creating valuable analysis ready data," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 497-514, October.
    14. Maxime Madouas & Mélanie Henaux & Valentine Delrieu & Caroline Jaugey & Emma Teillet & Mireille Perrin & Carine Schmitt & Marc Oberheiden & Frédéric Schermesser & Isabelle Soustre-Gacougnolle & Jean E, 2023. "Learning, reflexivity, decision-making, and behavioral change for sustainable viticulture associated with participatory action research," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-11, December.
    15. Hallberg-Sramek, Isabella & Nordström, Eva-Maria & Priebe, Janina & Reimerson, Elsa & Mårald, Erland & Nordin, Annika, 2023. "Combining scientific and local knowledge improves evaluating future scenarios of forest ecosystem services," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    16. Pangbourne, Kate & Mladenović, Miloš N. & Stead, Dominic & Milakis, Dimitris, 2020. "Questioning mobility as a service: Unanticipated implications for society and governance," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 35-49.
    17. E. Ligtermoet & C. Munera-Roldan & C. Robinson & Z. Sushil & P. Leith, 2025. "Preparing for knowledge co-production: A diagnostic approach to foster reflexivity for interdisciplinary research teams," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, December.
    18. Pwint Kay Khine & Jianing Mi & Raza Shahid, 2021. "A Comparative Analysis of Co-Production in Public Services," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-13, June.
    19. Karl Dudman & Sara Wit, 2021. "An IPCC that listens: introducing reciprocity to climate change communication," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 1-12, September.
    20. Howayda Al-Harithy & Batoul Yassine, 2023. "The Co-Production of a Shared Community Space in Al-Khodor, Karantina, in the Aftermath of the Beirut Port Blast," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-19, July.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:2003921. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosbiology (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.