Research organisations from across Europe have launched a major new project which aims to embed Responsible Research and Innovation into the biosciences.
Over the next three years ResBios will draw on the expertise of 12 partners from 11 countries to bring sustainable institutional changes into biosciences research.
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) provides a framework for bringing research closer to the needs and values of society, within a changing context. The biosciences sector is seen as a crossroads in the relations between science and society.
The EU-funded project is coordinated by the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and four European institutions have been selected for putting RRI into practice: Ivan Franko University of Lviv, in Ukraine; Democritus University of Thrace in Greece, Marine Sciences Institute of the National Council of Scientific Research in Spain and the University of Zagreb in Croatia. These four organizations, supported by other partners having already participated in STARBIOS2 (an EU project about RRI in biosciences), will implement a series of “Grounding Actions” based on key elements of RRI (gender, open access, science education, ethics and governance), the 4 dimensions of RRI (anticipation, reflexivity, inclusiveness, responsiveness), and guided by Sustainable Development Goals.
ResBios will launch its website in March 2020. Meanwhile, you can follow its work on Twitter (@resbios) and Facebook (@resbioproject).
The facts:
- ResBios is coordinated by the University of Tor Vergata, in Rome, Italy.
- The project involves 12 partners from 11 European countries: Ivan Franko University of Lviv (UA), Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb University (HN), Democritus University of Thrace (GR), National Council of Scientific Research -CSIC (ES), Knowledge and Innovation SRL (IT), EUSEA (AT), University of Bremen (DE), University of Gdansk (PL), AgrobioInstitute (BG), University of Primorska (SI) and Aarhus University (DK).
- Runs from January 2020 until December 2022
- Funded by the European Commission with 1,5 MM €
