NWO-MVI platform

Responsible Innovation for the global challenges of the 21st-century

Over the past few decades, the Netherlands has gained international recognition for its research approach for responsible innovation and new technology: MVI. 

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Mission: NWO-MVI: Socially responsible innovation

NWO-MVI: Responsible innovation

Mission
NWO-MVI research focuses on important societal challenges and the innovations required for these. It itemises the societal aspects of these (technological) innovations at an early stage so that they can be taken into account during the design and development phase. The aim of NWO-MVI research is to realise innovations that are acceptable to society. 

Funding opportunity

Pre-announcement: two calls for proposals for future-proof care

The Innovative Medical Devices Initiative (IMDI) will publish two new calls for proposals in October 2019 under the theme Technology for staffable healthcare.

Funding opportunity

Funding opportunities for NWO-MVI research in 2018 and 2019

In the forthcoming period the possibilities for Responsible Innovation (MVI) research mainly lie within specific research programmes/initiatives within the top sectors. 

Interview

Expanding horizons

Interview with Peter-Paul Verbeek
In July 2019, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University of Twente and member of the program council of NWO-MVI, was appointed chair of the UNESCO committee COMEST, of which he had been a member for several years.

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Young MVI: a fresh perspective

To assure that younger generations of NWO-MVI researchers are actively engaged in the MVI program Young MVI was installed, a group of young researchers from ongoing or recently finished MVI projects. President Wouter Boon – assistant professor at Utrecht University – explains the why and what of Young MVI.

Event

Addressing the challenges of ambiguity in responsible innovation

On a sunny Monday early April, some fifty early-career MVI-researchers met in ANNE Centraal in Utrecht for a one-day conference entitled ‘Responsible Innovation: The Challenge of Ambiguity’.