Descripción del proyecto
Armonización de la innovación tecnológica con los valores sociales
La investigación e innovación responsables (IIR) se definen como un planteamiento que anticipa y evalúa las implicaciones posibles y las expectativas sociales en relación con la investigación y la innovación. Tiene como objetivo fomentar el diseño de una investigación e innovación inclusivas y sostenibles. En este contexto, en el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos EMBRACE, buscan integrar los principios y las prácticas de la IIR en la investigación de tecnologías futuras y emergentes (FET). Desarrollarán servicios con viabilidad comercial aprovechando la integración satisfactoria de la IIR en la iniciativa emblemática de FET Human Brain Project. En concreto, el proyecto estudiará las cuestiones éticas que afronta la investigación de FET y abordará los desafíos asociados. Para apoyar la comercialización, EMBRACE probará y validará los servicios anunciados para todos los participantes en el programa FET/Pathfinder del Consejo Europeo de Innovación.
Objetivo
Future and emerging technology (FET) research, as performed by EU FET and EIC, aims to create radically novel ideas and technologies that can disrupt and transform human lives, businesses and society as a whole. Such transformation can be greatly beneficial. At the same time work on FET can raise social and ethical concerns, linked to the processes of research and innovation, as well as their purpose and outcomes.
The EMBRACE project will develop commercially viable services to integrate principles and practices of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into FET research as well commercialisation activities. It will draw from the broad range of activities related to RRI in the FET Flagship Human Brain Project. The successful and internationally recognised work on RRI in the HBP will provide the basis on which commercial services will be tailored for FET-related work.
The EMBRACE project will address the following challenges applying appropriate methodologies:
1. To find out which specific ethical issues FET research faces, in particular during their commercialisation stage, EMBRACE will undertake a fact finding exercise. This will involve interviews with 40+ FET Launchpad project coordinators.
2. To address these challenges, EMBRACE will define appropriate RRI services. This will involve 3 focus groups on potential services.
3. The services will be validated by 6 service delivery trials (e.g. training courses, consultancy work) involving potential commercial partners.
4. The tested and validated services will be announced to all FET and EIC Pathfinder project participants to support market entry.
EMBRACE will use the Observatory for Responsible Research and Innovation (ORBIT; www.orbit-rri.org) a not-for-profit spin-out company jointly owned by the University of Oxford and De Montfort University, as the mechanism for trialling, testing and delivering the services, thus ensuring long-term impact beyond the lifetime of the FET Launchpad funding.
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-4
Régimen de financiación
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