Ethics Management and Responsible Research and Innovation in the Human Brain Project

Main author: Rainey, Steven
Other authors: Stahl, Bernd
Shaw, Mark
Reinsborough, Michael
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institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic H Social Sciences
description Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is a key concept in current discourses concerning research governance and policy. The practice of Ethics Management in the European Union (EU) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship Human Brain Project (HBP) utilises a concept of ‘meta-responsibility’ in order to further RRI. This chapter will explain the theory and practice of meta-responsibility to demonstrate RRI in practice in the HBP. As a Flagship EC research project, the HBP represents a particular opportunity to espouse the best aspirations of the European research area. In this chapter, particular focus is given to responsible research and innovation as it is theorised and implemented within the HBP. This article focusses specifically on the role and practice of ethics management in the RRI efforts of the HBP. As such, it presents a truncated and incomplete view. This is unavoidable, given the complex nature of the area. Other perspectives are possible, from which other aspects of RRI, and of the HBP overall, might gain or lose emphasis. Nevertheless, here is presented an ethics management perspective on RRI so far in the HBP.
author_additional von Schomberg, René
author_additionalStr von Schomberg, René
format Book Chapters
author Rainey, Steven
author_facet Rainey, Steven
Stahl, Bernd
Shaw, Mark
Reinsborough, Michael
authorStr Rainey, Steven
author_letter Rainey, Steven
author2 Stahl, Bernd
Shaw, Mark
Reinsborough, Michael
author2Str Stahl, Bernd
Shaw, Mark
Reinsborough, Michael
title Ethics Management and Responsible Research and Innovation in the Human Brain Project
publisher Edward Elgar
publishDate 2019
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/39913/