Responsible Innovation and Research

Catalog description

Responsible Innovation (RI) and Research is a vision of how values can best be incorporated into the practice of science, technology and innovation (STI). It touches on a host of other similar concepts like Public Interest Technology, Tech for Good, Just Tech and others. At their core, RI and its cognates understand that STI is not a value-free endeavor, and thus it is better to recognize those values and work with them to help assure that our investments in STI are attuned to the goals of science policy as well as to broader public values and the pursuit of a more just, democratic society. Emphasize bringing students to the forefront of the emerging scholarship around RI and related concepts, including perspectives grounded in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; communicating with colleagues and publics about values and RI in the practice of STI; and performing a real-world project, inquiry or intervention around RI.