Monitoring Responsible Research and Innovation in the European research area

Abstract

In this chapter, the results of a three-and-a-half-year-long project which developed a system for monitoring the evolution and benefits of Responsible Research and Innovation are presented. The MoRRI project was novel in its pursuit of indicators and metrics for RRI. The project utilized the European Commission’s six key areas of RRI: gender equality, science literacy and education, public engagement, ethics, open access, and governance. Ultimately, the project developed a suite of 36+ indicators. Developing tools to monitor and evaluate the implementation of RRI is a technical, practical, and scientific challenge. Emerging patterns at the country level and the identification of benefits of RRI are discussed, followed by the continuation of this work within the SUPER MoRRI project.