FoTRRIS participates in the SIS-RRI: Science, Innovation and Society: achieving Responsible Research and Innovation conference UCM and CESIE presented a common article “Developing RRI practices: the role of ICT in Stakeholders’ Knowledge Exchange and Co-Creation Processes” at the SIS-RRI Conference which was held in Rome on 25-26 September 2017. “The conference’s overall aim is to establish, organise and activate a Responsible
On 8 September 2017 the Italian (Sicilian) 6-hour Outreach Workshop was organised. It was moderated by Transition Experiment’s (TE) facilitator Mr. Fabio Montagnino with the support of the Competence Cell members. The overall aim of the workshop was to disseminate information about the Co-RRI TE in Italy and to receive external feedback of the process, results and impact. Additionally, this workshop
Today big societal challenges are at the forefront of the political agenda. The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) embody the political commitment to work towards a more just and sustainable world. In terms of R&I policy, the focus on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is an invitation to the R&I community to address these societal needs in a participatory, open and
To broaden the outreach of the Co-RRI transition experiment of FoTRRIS in Austria, the IFZ team (Sandra Karner, Anita Thaler and Magdalena Wicher) organised an expert workshop in Graz. Eight Austrian RRI experts came on 12th of July and discussed key learnings on the concrete co-RRI experiment on sustainable food systems, and more generally how the ‘co-RRIness’ of the Austrian
The FoTRRIS online platform is now directly available from the FoTRRIS website, under the “resources” header. This platform allows the FoTRRIS’ transition arenas and their related competence cells in our five countries (Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Spain) to work collaboratively on designing a co-RRI research project concept. Transition arenas are spaces where various actors of all kind (research, civil society,
As part of FoTRRIS, ESSRG explored the possibilities for local economic development at the Wekerle district of Budapest, Hungary. Wekerle Local Economic Development Strategy Through this 3-months long process, our aim has been to create a common vision for a local economic development strategy by bringing together the civil, business, and public sector. More specifically, we’ve had to engage local economic
The FoTRRIS – Foster Transition towards Responsible Research and Innovation Systems (Horizon 2020 programme) – project objective is to offer efficient and effective methods for researchers, citizens, businesses and policy-makers to solve ‘glocal’ challenges in a co-RRI way. The methodology of the project relies on the design of transition arenas associated with a support of a competence cell. Transition arenas are
ESSRG (Environmental Social Science Research Group) Ltd, the Hungarian partner of the FoTRRIS Horizon 2020 project, is organising a 3-month long exploration into the possibilities for local economy development in close cooperation with Transition Wekerle (TW), Budapest, Hungary. “Wekerle Local Economic Development Strategy Workshop” The aim is to create a common vision for a local economic development strategy by bringing
The second workshop in Italy was held on 3 March 2017 at EXMA, a local meeting space, in Petralia Sottana in the Madonie region. The premises of the former Municipal Slaughterhouse which hosted the meeting have become the site of Officine Creative Madonie (EXMA), with micro-ateliers equipped to support prototype and production processes for start-ups and professionals operating in the
In Austria, the second FoTRRIS workshop at IFZ (www.ifz.at) took place on March 16th. Local farmers, entrepreneurs, policy experts and actors from the alternative food scene worked together with the Austrian team (Sandra Karner, Anita Thaler und Magdalena Wicher) on a vision for 2022 towards a more sustainable food system in the Graz area. While the first workshop broached the