About Me
Dr. Dr.phil. RENE VON SCHOMBERG is a philosopher and a STS specialist. He is a 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 1998-2021.
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Call for papers “Research Ethics: setting up frameworks to promote good practices
We are launching a new call for papers for the October 2022 (27.2) issue about “Research Ethics: Frameworks for promoting best research practices”. Edited by Elsa González-Esteban (Universitat Jaume I), René Von Schomberg (European Comission/Technical University of Darmstadt) & Rosana … Continue reading
Special Issue “Institutional Change for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)”
Special Issue “Institutional Change for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)” Guest editors: Dr. Nhien Nguyen & Dr. Dr. phil. René von Schomberg Abstract (500 words max) deadline: 31/1/2021 Full paper (7000 words max) submission: 31/3 – 30/7/2021 https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/tlo/institutional-change-responsible-research-and-innovation
Global Prospects and Perspectives on Responsible Research and Innovation
Joint our session at the 4S/EASST virtual conference on Tuesday 18 August 2020, 3pm (Central European Time) (full programme: https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/ ) Download Powerpoint on Institutional Change for RRI here: https://app.box.com/s/z4ty6dnv8e28ow6o1rjv2sjjopoi2oil SESSION OVERVIEW Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) reflects an innovation … Continue reading
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No Science with and for Society without Inclusiveness
Inclusiveness underpins the funding programme of Science with and for Society (Swafs) in Horizon 2020. This you can read in the latest Swafs report published on 20 July 2020. https://app.box.com/s/a1h82nludti38tmgit2gdimtrlpegjdb
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International Handbook on Responsible Innovation. A Global Resource
International Handbook on Responsible Innovation A Global Resource – available at: Also as affordable e-book at Google play(+/_ 35 Euro)and can be found here: The introduction of the handbook is in open access and can be downloaded at the publisher’s … Continue reading
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List of EU funded projects on Open Science and Responsible innovation
The list gives an overview with hyperlinks to project-websites and short summaries. The list is limited to projects funded under the SWAFS programme up to 2018 Overview of Projects on Open Science and Responsiblle Research and Innovation1
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Key Note – European Conference on Precision Agriculture (ECPA 2017)
In my address at the ECPA conference, I outlined possible futures of Precision Agriculture which will be determined by issues such as data-ownership and public policies on data-(re) use and data-sharing within the framework of alternatives socio-economic paradigms. The … Continue reading
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International Open Science Conference: 20 March 2017 in Berlin
The programme of the Conference is accessible here: Open Science Conference 2024
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Key Note On Open Science At 3AM Bucharest 29 September 2016
Here you can download my slides- keynote on Open Science at 3AM conference Bucharest PowerPoint on Open Science-Altmetrics Please also check out the informative link of the website of the Annual AM conferences see AM-conferencesite
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joint final RRI projects meeting in Brussels 14-15 January 2016
These projects, very much on RRI governance (GREAT, RES-AGORA, RESPONSIBILITY) and even on RRI’s global potential and dimension (PROGRESS) will have their joint final projects meeting in Brussels. See the Basetti’s foundations overview on its blog http://www.fondazionebassetti.org/en/focus/2015/12/responsible_research_and_innov_1.html
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