ABSTRACT Change in Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is not easily understood in
terms of Western innovation discourses. In fact, innovations in the sense of modern and …

Global challenges such as climate change, food security, or public health have become
dominant concerns in research and innovation policy. This article examines how responses …

This special section addresses Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) as an
increasingly global concept that is translated and transformed in heterogenous national …

ABSTRACT The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been
developed in the Global North with little reference to what RRI or RRI-like practices mean in …

The notion of grand challenges has become popular in research governance to support the
allocation of research funding to societally beneficial topics. This article illustrates the …

Ten years after introducing the RRI concept, a reflection on its key ambitions seems called
for, now that RRI enters the global arena. This paper focues on the key challenge that RRI is …

Our paper reprises the concept deep institutionalisation of responsible innovation
considering why and how it matters to add the adjective 'deep'. We distinguish de facto …

There is wide agreement among scholars in research policy that the position of the social
sciences and humanities (SSH) in interdisciplinary research is not as good as it should be …

In recent years there has been increasing attention to the transition toward a bioeconomy.
From comparable transitions toward sustainability, we know that transitions require integral …

Blockchain emerged as a well-defined technological object with limited applicability
applications (eg Bitcoin). Embraced by more and more 'stakeholders', Blockchain has turned …