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ABSTRACT
The RRI Tools project, funded under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013), is an important attempt to translate key guiding principles of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into a compendium of best practices to assist researchers and practitioners. It has set up a valuable database of practical and other reference resources, instigated an EU-wide community of practice, and begun rolling out training in RRI. By placing engagement at the heart of the RRI endeavour, it raises again important questions relating to how engagement is done and how it relates to the broader processes and institutional contexts in which innovation happens.
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Notes on contributor
Christopher Groves is a research fellow in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University in the UK, with a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on how individuals, groups and institutions make sense of an uncertain future and on the ethics and politics of technology.