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Responsible innovation as empowering ways of knowing

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ID15735979
AuthorsG Valkenburg (0000-0001-7045-9878, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Annapurna Mamidipudi (0000-0002-0145-0631, Maastricht University), Poonam Pandey (0000-0002-2296-6821, Centre for Policy Research), Wiebe E Bijker (0000-0002-7307-8330, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Year2019
Volume7
Issue1
Pages6-25
Publication date2019-08-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Responsible Innovation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2329-9037 • E-ISSN: 2329-9460
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23299460.2019.1647087
OpenAlexW2967067643
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited49

In pursuit of responsible research and innovation (RRI), emphasis has been on various forms of inclusion in the governance of science, technology and innovation. Given that much of the ideas on inclusion in fact refer to discursive inclusion, it is surprising that little attention has hitherto been paid to what seems foundational to any discursive space: ontologies (theories of being) and epistemologies (theories of knowing), and notably how these relate to inclusion and exclusion. By means of an action-research case study on responsible innovation on biogasification in rural India, we show that one important mechanism of exclusion exists in a dispossession of epistemological agency and the rendering of ontologies as anomalous, even if this is not directly visible as social exclusion. We argue that RRI should adopt as one of its central values the epistemological empowerment of relevant groups

Agency (philosophy · Corporate governance · Economics · Empowerment · Epistemology · Inclusion (mineral · Inclusion–exclusion principle · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Responsible Research and Innovation · Social science · Sociology · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development · Philosophy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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Citations per year6
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 36

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