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ABSTRACT
The article builds on the perceived gap between ‘RRI in theory’ and ‘RRI in practice’ and demonstrates the need for RRI training for different stakeholder groups so as to overcome this gap. The RRI Tools project has developed different kinds of materials and tools that can be used in RRI trainings. Based on the umbrella notion of RRI, as elaborated in the RRI Tools project which spans the six key dimensions of RRI, its process requirements, outcomes and stakeholders, the training illustrates exemplary exercises that would serve a different purpose: to raise awareness for RRI, to enable mutual understanding of different stakeholder groups’ perception on RRI, to reflect on RRI and to implement RRI in daily practices. Experiences gained from the various training exercises are described, which result in recommendations and guidelines on how to set up a multi-stakeholder workshop in terms of setting, methodology, content and participants.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our consortium partners for the great work in RRI Tools project.
Notes on contributors
Ilse Marschalek is a sociologist with several years of experience in international studies in FP 5th, 6th and 7th of the EC. At ZSI she is project coordinator at the technology and knowledge department, carrying out a range of projects at the interface between technological and societal innovations. Recently she was the coordinator of the NanOpinion project (www.nanopinion.eu), a multichannel communication and dialogue project which aimed at discussing and assessing ethical and societal aspects of nanotechnologies, involving different stakeholder groups and the hard to reach public. Currently, she is engaged in the RRI tools (www.rri-tools.eu) project elaborating a self-reflection tool for active reflection processes on Responsible Research and Innovation practices.
Maria Schrammel studied Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Her research interests include responsible research and innovation (RRI), public engagement in research and innovation, gender studies and migration and integration. Due to her educational background and her experience in actual and former projects, she specialised on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary as well as qualitative social science research methods.
Elisabeth Unterfrauner holds a master degree in Psychology and a post-gradual degree in Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology and gained her PhD in interdisciplinary fields of pedagogy and social sciences. Unterfrauner has been a lecturer at the University of Vienna for several years in the psychology department and works as senior researcher at the Centre for Social Innovation in the Department of Technology and Knowledge.
Dr Margit Hofer is senior researcher at ZSI and has coordinated several FP6 and FP7 projects at ZSI and the European Schoolnet (EUN). She consults the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs on the implementation of ICT, concepts of TEL and the use of social media tools for communication and outreach. She holds a PhD in Education and Training from the University of Graz and is specialised on user need analysis, evaluation, stakeholder engagement and the implementation and evaluation of Responsible Research and Innovation. Recent projects she has been involved in are the RRI Tools, SeeingNano and NanOpinion.
Notes
2. ZSI team was responsible for building up a hub community on RRI in Austria and Slovenia (more information about hubs can be found in chapter 1.1). Besides this, ZSI was responsible for all kinds of evaluation in the project and developed the self-reflection tool, which can be used in trainings and more (www.rri-tools.eu).