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Responsibility, Research and Innovation

Bibliographic Data

ID4952249
AuthorsRobert G Lee (0000-0002-4099-237X, Economic and Social Research Council, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume1
Issue1
Pages105-117
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s2047102511000136
OpenAlexW1968968447
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited31

There is growing interest in a framework for responsible research and innovation within Europe. This paper explores why this has come about and suggests that it is related to a concern with emerging and converging technologies that goes beyond a narrow conception of risk to the environment or to human health. Rather, there is a trepidation arising out of the transformative capacity of modern technologies and their stated aspiration to manipulate the natural world. In this context, the paper poses three central questions about the shape of any framework for responsible research and innovation. First, why is the target that of research and innovation? Secondly, at what scale should the framework operate? Thirdly, what form of governance structure would be best suited to the oversight of research and innovation

Biology · Corporate governance · Economics · Emerging technologies · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Geography · Management · Nanotechnology · Political science · Public relations · Responsible Research and Innovation · Sociology · Transformative learning · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Engineering · Philosophy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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