Growing a Culture of Technological Stewardship

 In the foreword to Responsible Innovation: Managing the Responsible Emergence of Science and Innovation in Society, the concept of responsible innovation is pitched as a necessary counterpoint to "innovation's systemic irresponsibility," an undertaking that aims to "nudge [technologies'] trajectories in various ways toward responsible, desirable futures" [1, p. xii]. Within the leading journal Responsible Innovation, the concept is often treated as synonymous with responsible research and innovation (RRI); indeed, the European Commission suggests an overlapping set of aims in its description of RRI as a "comprehensive approach" to developing research methods and new technologies, one that: "allow[s] all stakeholders [to be] involved … at an early stage (A) to obtain relevant knowledge on

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Growing a Culture of Technological Stewardship

Abstract: and previously served as a member of the Executive Team at Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada.

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