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R.I.P. R.R.I.

With all the discussions and uncertainties around the European Commission's next Research & Innovation funding framework (the so-called “Horizon Europe”), one thing is clear: Responsible Research and Innovation (R.R.I.) as a concept will be gone. Dear RRI, you will be dearly missed. Many millions of euros have been spent on fostering this concept in the EU, it has been the subject of numerous studies, analysis, work packages, mainstreaming, grounding actions - some still about to start… and now the European Commission is not even shedding a tear before laying it to rest (in peace?).

This session will constitute a burial of RRI with all that comes with a burial: a ceremony, a coffin and a wake. Four speakers and a master of ceremony who have studied, implemented, experienced or advocated for RRI will be asked to make a eulogy for the concept. At the end we will gather as a group to discuss the future of our field without the EU’s support for RRI and public engagement.

Facilitator

Carmen Fenollosa
Carmen Fenollosa
Senior Project Manager
Ecsite
Brussels
Belgium

Session speakers

Maria Zоlоtоnоsа
Co-founder
Stickydot
Brussels
Belgium
Maria is a keen practitioner devastated by this loss. Over all these years Maria has shared her life with RRI mainly through the Sparks project. She will deliver a eulogy where she will focus on the void the death of RRI is leaving in the hearts of science centres and science museums.
Wiktor Gajewski
Events Manager
Ecsite
Berlin
Germany
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When Wiktor met RRI, they did not became friends immediately. RRI was this strange foreigner in Poland, not really fitting in the local culture. It was a mess of big issues, each begging to be solved separately. However Wiktor learned to love it for its ambition. There was a method in its madness. It had a hermetic soul full of indicators, agendas and frameworks. But this love could not last. The society - and the policymakers - really did not understand or support their relationship...
Frank Kupper
Frank Kupper
Associate Professor Science Communication & Public Engagement
Athena Institute - VU Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
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With Frank, it was love at first sight. Finally, something encompassing all of these ideas about making science really with society. And what a concept, really pushing boudaries and with such energy! Learning about its sudden passing, Frank heart was broken. In his eulogy, Frank will share with us, the reason why such a concept became his soulmate so quickly.

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