The responsible research and innovation (RRI) maturity model

Linking theory and practice

Journal article (2017)

Authors

Bernd Carsten Stahl De Montfort University
Michael Obach Technalia
E. Yaghmaei Ethics & Philosophy of Technology - TPM , University of Southern Denmark
Veikko Ikonen VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Kate Chatfield University of Central Lancashire
Alexander Brem Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Southern Denmark
Research Group
Ethics & Philosophy of Technology (TPM) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 Bernd Carsten Stahl, Michael Obach, E. Yaghmaei, Veikko Ikonen, Kate Chatfield, Alexander Brem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su9061036
Industry RRI Innovation process Responsible research and innovation Maturity model R&D management
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Values Technology and Innovation

Research Group

Ethics & Philosophy of Technology

Abstract

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach to research and innovation governance aiming to ensure that research purpose, process and outcomes are acceptable, sustainable and even desirable. In order to achieve this ambitious aim, RRI must be relevant to research and innovation in industry. In this paper, we discuss a way of understanding and representing RRI that resonates with private companies and lends itself to practical implementation and action. We propose the development of an RRI maturity model in the tradition of other well-established maturity models, linked with a corporate research and development (R&D) process. The foundations of this model lie in the discourse surrounding RRI and selected maturity models from other domains as well as the results of extensive empirical investigation. The model was tested in three industry environments and insights from these case studies show the model to be viable and useful in corporate innovation processes. With this approach, we aim to inspire further research and evaluation of the proposed maturity model as a tool for facilitating the integration of RRI in corporate management.