Where are the politics in responsible innovation? European governance, technology assessments, and beyond

Michiel Van Oudheusden · 2014 · Journal of Responsible Innovation

Summary. Responsible innovation frameworks aim to make science and technology development more socially responsive by incorporating public input. However, this paper finds that both European Union policy and Flemish technology assessment approaches to responsible innovation largely ignore political dimensions—specifically how power is constituted, contested, and allocated through deliberation. The author argues these frameworks must explicitly address political questions to be genuinely responsive to societal needs.

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  title   = {Where are the politics in responsible innovation? European governance, technology assessments, and beyond},
  author  = {Michiel Van Oudheusden},
  journal = {Journal of Responsible Innovation},
  year    = {2014},
  doi     = {10.1080/23299460.2014.882097},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2014.882097}
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DOI

10.1080/23299460.2014.882097

Countries

Belgium, European Union

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, policy, general-innovation

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