Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 316-331

  Ribeiro, Barbara ^a,b   Bengtsson, Lars ^c   Benneworth, Paul ^d,e   Bührer, Susanne ^f   Castro Martínez, Elena ^g   Hansen, Meiken ^h,i   Jarmai, Katharina ^j   Lindner, Ralf ^f   Olmos Peñuela, Julia ^g,k   Ott, Cordula ^l   Shapira, Philip ^a,b,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e Uni Research Environment   (Norway)

^f FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

^g INGENIO CSIC UPV Technical University of Valencia   (Spain)

^h DANISH BOARD OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^m GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Collingridge; governance of science; inclusive innovation; responsible research and innovation; societal alignment; technology and innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051961907     PISSN: 23299460     EISSN: 23299037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2018.1495033     Document Type: Note

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