GRRIP Project – Grounding Responsible Research & Innovation practices in research performing organisations

Grounding RRI Practices
In Research Performing Organisations

Our key objectives:

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RRI in marine research

We are embedding Responsible Research & Innovation into the governance framework of five marine and maritime institutions.

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Engagement of all relevant stakeholders

We are engaging the quadruple helix in all aspects of Responsible Research & Innovation governance. Academia, industry, policy, and society.

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Funding policies

We examine how funding bodies can positively influence and encourage academia towards Responsible Research & Innovation via its funding policies and interaction.

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TWITTER

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The sustainable expansion in Europe’s maritime economy has the potential to meet pressing needs for energy, food and economic growth. The GRRIP projects aims to implement Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) to fundamentally improve research in the Blue Economy.

What is Responsible Research & Innovation?
The 6 key dimensions:

ETHICS

Research integrity in all stages of research and innovation: from the ethical acceptance of new technologies in society to the implementation of ethically acceptable research practices.

GENDER EQUALITY

Endeavours on working against the underrepresentation of women in science and gender inequalities within organisations and in performing research.

OPEN ACCESS & DATA

Research results and data shall be available for free to the public and other researchers so that they can be re-used, reviewed and replicated.

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Activities that strengthen the collaboration with societal actors during the research process to align science to society’s values, needs and expectations.

SCIENCE EDUCATION

Efforts that are being made to educate citizens and equip them with scientific knowledge so that they can participate in the debate on research and innovation.

GOVERNANCE

Governance affects all other key dimensions of RRI and is concerned about how knowledge is created and disseminated.

Flaws in the Blue Economy:

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Stakeholder Engagement

Government boards of marine and maritime research organisations do not currently involve the public and all relevant stakeholders at early stages of research strategies.

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Open Access

Marine and maritime research organisations are reluctant to release their research data due to its high costs and IP concerns.

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Gender Equality

The marine and maritime research sector has a high proportion of engineers, a traditionally male career path and with low gender equality improvement to date.

The 5 RPO & RFO involved in GRRIP:

MaREI conducts fundamental research relating to marine and renewable energy applications, and constructs world class marine technology demonstration systems.

MaREI – Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy Research

WaVEC works on marine renewable energies, offshore aquaculture and ocean engineering solutions, working together with the business sector.

WaVEC – Renewable Offshores

PLOCAN is a multipurpose technical-scientific service infrastructure that provides support for research, technological development and innovation in the marine and maritime sectors.