International Handbook on Responsible Innovation. A Global Resource

International Handbook on Responsible Innovation
A Global Resource – available at:

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The introduction of the handbook is in open access and can be downloaded at the publisher’s website: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781784718855/9781784718855.00005.xml?rskey=XLL6yc&result=3

Lets discuss the challenges for further developing and implementing responsible innovation at the upcoming 6 international events see:

Challenges for Responsible Innovation

Edited by René von Schomberg, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, Belgium and Guest Professor ,Technical University Darmstadt, Germany and Jonathan Hankins, The Bassetti Foundation, Italy

The Handbook constitutes a global resource for the fast growing interdisciplinary research and policy communities addressing the challenge of driving innovation towards socially desirable outcomes. This book brings together well-known authors from the US, Europe, Asia and South-Africa who develop conceptual and regional perspectives on responsible innovation as well as exploring the prospects for further implementation of responsible innovation in emerging technological practices ranging from agriculture and medicine, to nanotechnology and robotics. The emphasis is on the socio-economic and normative dimensions of innovation including issues of social risk and sustainability.

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About Rene von Schomberg

Dr. Dr.phil. RENE VON SCHOMBERG is a philosopher and a STS specialist. He is Senior Research Fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen: Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Guest Professor, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; Former Official of the European Commission. He holds Ph.D's from the University of Twente (NL) (Science and Technology Studies) and J.W.Goethe University in Frankfurt (Philosophy). He has been a European Union Fellow at George Mason University, USA in 2007 and has been with the European Commission from 1998 till December 2021. He is author/co-editor of 14 books. In july 2019, the 'International Handbook on Responsible Innovation. A global resource' was published. The book brings together the work of 60 leading authors from various discplines and geographic locations. He is running a blog: http://renevonschomberg.wordpress.com
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