The Observatory for Responsible Innovation would like to signal the publication of an important contribution to both the scientific understanding and the political and industrial articulation of responsible innovation: Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in … Continue reading →

The Observatory for responsible innovation engages in 2013 with a new field of action: information and communication technologies, with a focus on the problems of digital traceability. Digital objects and environments (technologies, applications, tags, networks, services, etc.) are today developed … Continue reading →

La protection de l’environnement et de la santé des personnes, la sécurité publique et des chaines logistiques, la maîtrise de la demande et de l’offre énergétique, sont des nouvelles opportunités de développement pour les technologies numériques. Des objets et des … Continue reading →

Les débats sur les politiques énergétiques actuelles en France et en Europe pourront trouver dans les travaux du groupe de travail “énergies renouvelables et architecture” de l’Observatoire pour l’innovation responsable des éléments de réflexion utiles. Comme les membres du groupe … Continue reading →

The Observatory for Responsible Innovation has exciting plans for 2013. This includes developing further what has been done in 2012 in the area of energy technologies, but also opening up new fields of action and new collaborations: these will be … Continue reading →

As promised: the video report of the 16 November 2012 debate on built-in renewable energy and architecture at Mines ParisTech is now online and available from the Observatory’s video channel. See also the last issue of Debating Innovation (volume 2, … Continue reading →

In a recent piece that provides a historical overview of the concept of “responsible innovation” (or “responsible research and innovation”), Richard Owen and co-authors Phil Macnaghten and Jack Stilgoe identify three distinct features that are emerging from its current uses: (1) emphasis … Continue reading →

Le travail de Michel Callon a abondamment inspiré les initiatives portées par l’Observatoire pour l’innovation responsable de Mines ParisTech et, plus largement, les discussions contemporaines sur risque et responsabilité en innovation. Dans le texte “Les incertitudes scientifiques et techniques constituent-elles … Continue reading →

Last’s Friday debates on “Debating responsible innovation in built-in renewable energy and architecture” were a great success. Readers that could not attend can get the flavor of the discussions in this teaser of the forthcoming video report. More feedback, reporting, … Continue reading →

The Fondazione Giannino Bassetti (see previous post here) has kindly invited the Observatory for Responsible Innovation to participate in a discussion with Michael Bruch, Head of R&D at Allianz, on responsible innovation and nanotechnology. The event will be held next week … Continue reading →