“Broader Impacts” or “Responsible Research and Innovation”? A Comparison of Two Criteria for Funding Research in Science and Engineering

• Published in: Science and engineering ethics Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 963 - 983
• Main Authors: Davis, Michael, Laas, Kelly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acceptability; Americas; At risk populations; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Comparative studies; Criteria; Education; Embedding; Engineering; Engineering - economics; Engineering - ethics; Ethics; Ethics, Research; Europe; Foundations; Funding; Humans; Innovation; Innovations; Interactive; Medicine/Public Health; Original Paper; Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Policy research; Research Support as Topic - ethics; Science; Science - economics; Science - ethics; Social research; Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Technology - economics; Technology - ethics; Americas; Europe; RCR; RRI; Research policy; Social responsibility; Societally desirable research
• ISSN: 1353-3452; 1471-5546; 1471-5546
• DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9480-1

Our subject is how the experience of Americans with a certain funding criterion, “broader impacts” (and some similar criteria) may help in efforts to turn the European concept of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) into a useful guide to funding Europe’s scientific and technical research. We b...