TY - JOUR
T1 - The Societal Readiness Thinking Tool
T2 - A Practical Resource for Maturing the Societal Readiness of Research Projects
AU - Bernstein, Michael J.
AU - Nielsen, Mathias Wullum
AU - Alnor, Emil
AU - Brasil, André
AU - Birkving, Astrid Lykke
AU - Chan, Tung Tung
AU - Griessler, Erich
AU - de Jong, Stefan
AU - van de Klippe, Wouter
AU - Meijer, Ingeborg
AU - Yaghmaei, Emad
AU - Nicolaisen, Peter Busch
AU - Nieminen, Mika
AU - Novitzky, Peter
AU - Mejlgaard, Niels
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In this paper, we introduce the Societal Readiness (SR) Thinking Tool to aid researchers and innovators in developing research projects with greater responsiveness to societal values, needs, and expectations. The need for societally-focused approaches to research and innovation—complementary to Technology Readiness (TR) frameworks—is presented. Insights from responsible research and innovation (RRI) concepts and practice, organized across critical stages of project-life cycles are discussed with reference to the development of the SR Thinking Tool. The tool is designed to complement not only shortfalls in TR approaches, but also improve upon other efforts to integrate RRI, sustainability, and design thinking in research and innovation cycles. Operationalization and early-stage user tests of the Tool are reported, along with discussion of potential future iterations and applications.
AB - In this paper, we introduce the Societal Readiness (SR) Thinking Tool to aid researchers and innovators in developing research projects with greater responsiveness to societal values, needs, and expectations. The need for societally-focused approaches to research and innovation—complementary to Technology Readiness (TR) frameworks—is presented. Insights from responsible research and innovation (RRI) concepts and practice, organized across critical stages of project-life cycles are discussed with reference to the development of the SR Thinking Tool. The tool is designed to complement not only shortfalls in TR approaches, but also improve upon other efforts to integrate RRI, sustainability, and design thinking in research and innovation cycles. Operationalization and early-stage user tests of the Tool are reported, along with discussion of potential future iterations and applications.
KW - Innovation
KW - Research management
KW - Responsible research and innovation
KW - RRI
KW - Societal Readiness
KW - Technology Readiness Levels
KW - Thinking Tool
KW - TRL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123773714&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11948-021-00360-3
DO - 10.1007/s11948-021-00360-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 35084575
AN - SCOPUS:85123773714
SN - 1353-3452
VL - 28
JO - Science and Engineering Ethics
JF - Science and Engineering Ethics
IS - 1
M1 - 6
ER -
