This book offers a comprehensive overview of current developments in the field of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Divided into three parts, the book first presents reflections on the concept of RI from various angles: how did it come about, who is involved and how might in be applied in various contexts, such as the academic environment or in developing countries. The second part discusses the actual application of RRI to technology development: for climate engineering, water management and energy technology along with a general discussion on how to integrate RRI in innovation trajectories. The last part offers a closer look at the application of RRI to the business context. This part offers lessons from comparable concepts such as social and sustainability innovation as well as insights from two case-studies, one in the food sector and the other in data management. As a whole, the book contributes to the ongoing development of the framework of RRI by giving an overview of the state-of-the art research, presenting the lessons learned from several case studies, and showing the way for future application of RI in other fields and cultural contexts, such as industry and developing countries.

Provides a concise but complete overview of current developments in responsible innovation

Introduction: Responsible Research and Innovation for Sustainability; Lotte Asveld and Rietje van Dam-Mieras.- Part I Unravelling the concept of RRI.- Economic, technological, and socio-epistemological drivers behind RRI; Tsjalling Swierstra.- Mapping the RRI Landscape: An overview of Organisations, projects, persons, areas and topics; Job Timmermans.- "Response-able practices" or "new bureaucracies of virtue": The challenges of making RRI work in academic environments; Ulrike Felt.- The conceptualization of RRI: an iterative approach; Klaassen, Pim, Frank Kupper, Sara Vermeulen, Michelle Rijnen, Eugen Popa and Jacqueline Broerse.- Responsible Innovation in Developing Countries: an enlarged agenda; Federico Vasen.- Part II Organising RRI: Application, actors and approaches.- Climate Engineering:  Responsible Innovation or Reckless Folly?; Steve Rayner.- Formal and Informal Assessment of Energy Technologies; Udo Pesch, Aad Correljé, Eefje Cuppen, Behnam Taebi, and Elisabeth van deGrift.- Social learning and identity: some implications for RRI; Lotte Asveld.- Decision-Making in Water Governance: From Conflicting Interests to Shared Values; Klara Pigmans, Neelke Doorn, Huib Aldewereld, and Virginia Dignum.- Part III RI in the business context.- A Framework for Responsible Innovation in the Business Context: Lessons from Responsible-, Social- and Sustainable Innovation; R. Lubberink, V. Bloka, J.A.C. van Ophemb and S.W.F. Omta.- Exploring Ethical Decision Making in Responsible Innovation: the case of innovations for healthy food; V. Blok, T. Tempel,   E. Pietersma,  and L. Jansen.- Questioning the normative core of RI: the challenges posed to stakeholder engagement in a corporate setting; Merel Noorman, Tsjalling Swierstra and Dorien Zandbergen.- Author Biographies.