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First ever professor of Ethics of Water Engineering
‘Take account of the differing opportunities available to citizens’. On Friday, 16 November, Prof. Neelke Doorn will give her inaugural address as professor of Ethics of Water Engineering.
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Voorlichting en matchmaking Duurzame Living Labs (fase 2)
NWO organiseert op 22 november i.s.m. TKI Dinalog een voorlichtings- en matchmakingsbijeenkomst voor de tweede fase van de call Duurzame Living Labs. De bijeenkomst is in Utrecht en start om 13.30 uur. Het doel is om geïnteresseerden in de call informatie te geven en om consortiumvorming te stimuleren.
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Project update
Including ethics in economic policy decisions
How can you include citizens’ ethical considerations in real-world economic policy analysis? In the MVI-project Participatory Value Evaluation: a new assessment model for promoting social acceptance of sustainable energy policies, researchers from Delft University of Technology and VU Amsterdam further develop a new assessment tool that does exactly that. The research combines insights from Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Environment and Natural Resources.
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NWO-MVI platform
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.
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NWO-MVI platform
Suggestions regarding valorisation panels
How do you convince people from public or private organisations to join the valorisation panel of your NWO-MVI project, and how do you keep them engaged?
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Funding opportunity
Funding opportunities for NWO-MVI research in 2018-2019
In the forthcoming period the possibilities for Responsible Innovation (MVI) research mainly lie within specific research programmes/initiatives within the top sectors. The underlying reasons for this are that the importance of MVI is increasingly recognised and there is a growing demand to link responsible innovation research to NWO research programmes/initiatives. MVI will be linked to these initiatives from the outset, if possible as soon as the research agenda is drawn up. In view of the interdisciplinary collaboration (between humanities, natural sciences and social sciences researchers) matchmaking events will be organised. Via the MVI newsletter and the MVI webportal more information will be released when a call is published or a relevant meeting is scheduled to take place.
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Project update
Links to miscallaneous information on and output of NWO-MVI
List of information on and output of NWO-MVI
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Event
Kick-off Innovative Medical Devices Initiative 2.0
Op woensdag 18 april 2018 vond de Innovative Medical Devices Initiative (IMDI) 2.0 kick-off plaats in Utrecht. Tijdens deze middag presenteerde Hans Rietman, voorzitter van de stuurgroep IMDI 2.0, het vervolg van het IMDI subsidieprogramma. In de 2.0 versie van het IMDI zal de benadering van het NWO-programma Maatschappelijk verantwoord innoveren (MVI) een belangrijk onderdeel zijn.
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Funding opportunity
Call for Sustainable Living Labs in Logistics
Deadline 27 March 2018
Responsible innovation in real-life situationsNWO published a call for the development of consortia with which living labs in logistics can be started. The aim of this call is to stimulate the formation of viable consortia that will test and implement new solutions in a controlled real-life environment. The responsible innovation approach forms an integral part of the research into the Living Labs in this call. On the afternoon of Tuesday 6 March 2018, a matchmaking event will be held in Utrecht.
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Project update
Getting a grip on gas discussions - interview with Goda Perlaviciute
The role of gas in a sustainable energy transition is controversial. MVI researcher Goda Perlaviciute explains how she works together with private partners on controversial topics like these, and maintains an objective position as a researcher. Extraction of natural gas in the Netherlands and the earthquakes it induces in Groningen, risks and benefits of shale gas, advantages and disadvantages of biogas: gas is under constant public debate. ‘Gas is often presented as a relatively clean or green energy source, for example by the gas industry. Yet, some see this representation as misleading or even untruthful. Clearly, perceptions of gas are diverse and sometimes even conflicting’, says environmental psychologist Goda Perlaviciute from the University of Groningen.
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Six new consortia funded in 2018
In six new research projects the approach of the NWO-MVI programme is leading. The consortia of researchers and public and private partnes received funding of NWO and their partners, and will address complex challenges such as: How to optimise human-robot collaboration in logistic warehouses, which ethical, legal and societal issues play a role in new ways for cancer diagnostics and screening, and how can we develop a new assessment model for promoting social acceptance of sustainable energy policies?
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Project update
Steering discussions on automated driving
Automated driving comes with a variety of philosophical, psychological, ethical and legal issues to be solved. The NWO Responsible Innovation project Meaningful Human Control over Automated Driving Systems explores questions that arise in the context of self-driving vehicles.
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Workshop: toolkit for MVI issues in the high tech
Where do you start when you want to explore possible ethical and societal issues arising from your innovation? During a workshop organised by TKI HTSM and NWO-MVI on 30 November 2017, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Nico Nijenhuis presented the toolkit they developed to tackle this problem.
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Looking back on the conference Connecting Practices 2018
On Friday January 19th, the Muntgebouw in Utrecht was filled with the chatter of about 200 people, already active in the field of responsible innovation, or interested to join.
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In the media
Looking over the edge of the future with Peter-Paul Verbeek
The philosophy of technology ... please don't be put off by the word. Professor and researcher at the University of Twente, Peter-Paul Verbeek (45), examines how technology affects our lives and how we should deal with all the new developments that define our time, such as the fist ax and the team that have done in the past.
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NWO-MVI platform
The value of a valorisation panel
A researcher submitting a proposal to the MVI programme does not stand alone: he is supported by a valorisation panel, a group of people with practical experience.
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Conference Connecting Practices: insights from the industry
What is there to gain for a company by engaging in responsible innovation initiatives? During the conference Connecting Practices, representatives of industry revealed a myriad of motives.
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Project update
De toekomst van drones
Of we dat nu wenselijk vinden of niet, drones zijn er nu eenmaal. Peter-Paul Verbeek onderzoekt – in samenwerking met de bedrijven UAV international en Clear Flight Solutions - in zijn project hoe we er verantwoord mee kunnen omgaan.
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The MVI approach: a gain for society
‘If we can do better by innovation tomorrow, we have an obligation to innovate today.’ That motto from the NWO-MVI movie clip shown during 'Connecting practices' is the leading principle for the MVI-approach, illustrated member of the NWO-MVI Committee and Professor at Delft University of Technology Jeroen Van den Hoven during the closing debate.
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Connecting practices: sure, but how?
How does a cooperation between academic researchers and public and private partners in the field of responsible innovation come about? What are the challenges, and how to overcome them? During the conference Connecting practices, ample best practices were shared, and during several workshops possible solutions and suggestions were discussed for practical problems that can arise when working on a (sensitive) societal issue.
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MVI approach visible in NanoNextNL theme
Responsible innovation is increasingly being integrated in new initiatives and programs. For example, the RIVM has developed the concept Safe-by-Design in the context of the NanoNextNL consortium and its Risk Analysis and Technolpogy Assessment (RATA) theme.
Nanotechnology offers possibilities to increase the quality of life. At the same time the past has shown us that ‘unknowns’ about potential human, environmental and societal risks are raised. Attempts to address these ‘unknowns’ are generally carried out in the privacy of discussions about risks.
However, proceeding in this way will lead to questions being raised about safety issues that come along with innovations at too late a stage of innovation, and hinder the full exploitation of potential benefits. Authorities and industry want to know which information is pivotal to assess whether a nanomaterial or nanotech application is safe.
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Granted NWO-MVI projects 2016
Within NWO-MVI, nine new research projects, all related to the top sectors, were honored at the beginning of 2017. These projects identify early ethical and social issues of (technological) innovations, to make sure these can be taken into account in the innovation process. This increases the level of acceptance among stakeholders.
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Conference Connecting Practices: presentations of research projects
During the first day of the two-day NWO-MVI conference Connecting practices, researchers met for an intimate meeting at the Muntgebouw in Utrecht.
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Announcement: NWO-MVI conference on 19 January 2018
At the 'NWO-MVI Connecting practices' conference, the added value of the MVI approach for practice and society is central. The connection and dialogue between science, business and society is an important approach. In the plenary programme, Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology), Luuk Klomp (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), Maarten-Jan Kallen (BeDataDriven) and Françoise Rost van Tonningen (Rabobank) address MVI and the digital society. There are also workshops on MVI and smart mobility, energy, and circular economy. There are also workshops on collaboration between researchers and (public and private) partners, as well as on MVI and 'Learning Communities'. During the day we work on two questions from corporates to which NWO-MVI can contribute.
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Workshop on rice-straw burning in India
In December 2016 MUSTS researchers organised a workshop with farmers, activists and policy makers on the issue of rice-straw burning in Punjab, India. This burning of rice straw does not only cause enormous air pollution and damage to farmers’ health, but also depletes the soil from nutrients and wastes valuable biomass.
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Project update
Big data based on trust
We share a lot of personal information through digital channels, ranging from automatic bank transactions to search engines. However, the collection, storage, analysis and use of large amounts of personal data raise acute ethical and societal questions.
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NWO-MVI platform
Paulien Herder on the NWO-MVI Platform
In the section 'Uitgesproken', from the NWO magazine Hypothesis, experts respond to a new development of NWO. In November 2016, Paulien Herder (Professor of Engineering Systems Design in Energy & Industry at Delft University of Technology) responded to the announcement of a new knowledge platform on socially responsible innovation (the NWO-MVI Platform) - intended for science, business and social organisations.
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Project update
Developing & Implementing Smart Grids in India
Video introduction by Johanna Höffken to the Dutch Government NWO-MVI funded 'Developing & Implementing Smart Grids in India' project based at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
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NWO-MVI platform
Experience MVI! video on ethical decisions in the design process
Experience MVI with this introductory animation! The animation can be viewed with VR-glasses, but also on a computer (with your mouse it's possible to adjust the viewpoint) or on your cellphone (by moving your phone, the viewpoint changes).
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Impression Pitch & Date Event, May 2017
A group of researchers and other professionals interested in responsible innovation (MVI) gathered in ‘de Zilveren Vosch’ in Utrecht to familiarise with the open MVI call for proposals and to get in contact with each other. Young MVI researchers Johanna Höffken (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Wouter Boon (Utrecht University) hosted the event, together with Jasper Roodenburg (NWO).
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NWO-MVI platform
Infographic on NWO-MVI approach
Identifying ethical and social issues at an early stage and taking these into account in the design process will lead to responsible innovations that enjoy broad social consensus. This approach also reduces failures or costly adaptations at a later stage.
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NWO-MVI gepresenteerd op Hannover Messe 2017
Van maandag 24 tot en met vrijdag 29 april nam NWO deel aan de grootste technologiebeurs ter wereld, de Hannover Messe. Het centrale thema van 2017 was Integrated Industry – Creating Value.
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Project update
Trust in the bio-based economy
In this responsible innovation project, researchers identified the expected social barriers to the transition towards a bio-based economy and how these can be overcome.
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Project update
A role for emotions in design
Emotions play an important role in the debate on innovations such as wind parks, robot carers and genetically-modified food. A team of MVI researchers is investigating the role of these emotions in the design of socially-responsible innovations.
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Project update
The MVI practice: Anticipating the future
Responsible innovation (MVI, from the Dutch Maatschappelijk verantwoord innoveren) means taking ethical and societal aspects into account as early as the design phase of a new technology. Paulien Herder, professor at Delft University of Technology, explains what the NWO-MVI approach means in practise.
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News
The value of new energy systems
If the transition to a sustainable energy supply is to succeed, an integrated approach that includes research into ethical and societal aspects is required. Several projects are being carried out in the NWO-MVI research programme in this field, and project leaders Rolf Künneke and Machiel Mulder tell us about their research.
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Gert-Jan Gruter (Avantium) over het NWO-MVI Platform
In de rubriek Uitgesproken, van het NWO-magazine Hypothese, reageren experts op nieuw beleid van NWO. In de uitgave van november 2016 Gert-Jan Gruter (chief technology officer bij chemisch technologiebedrijf Avantium) over circulariteit.
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In the media
Verbeek wins World Technology Award on Ethics
In December 2016, the prestigious World Technology Award was awarded to Peter-Paul Verbeek, professor in philosophy of technology at the University of Twente.
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Event
Highlights MVI-Conference 2016
On 10 June 2016, the NWO-MVI research programme organised a special EU presidency 2016 edition of its annual conference at the Amsterdam Science Park Congress Centre. The conference focused on concrete tools for applying responsible innovation and was aimed at researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and representatives from NGOs. Participants shared experiences and best practices. Researchers highlighted examples of current research projects within the NWO-MVI programme, which is aligned to all top sectors and the Dutch National Research Agenda.
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Big data: threat or public good?
ICT is being used to facilitate urbanisation and enhance urban life. The City of Amsterdam is one of the Dutch cities experimenting with 'smart' streetlamps: these will have cameras, microphones, and sensors that can 'follow' citizens in the street and also perform a range of measurements (air quality, traffic congestion). Cities can also develop other ways to collect data from the behaviour of citizens. A city 'on remote control'?
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Handel in hoop
Should patients with no further treatment options be given access to unregistered drugs through a commercial company? And if so, under what conditions? Researchers in the NWO MVI Responsible Innovation programme are examining this question.
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‘An idea whose time has come’
The Responsible Innovation programme is now entering its sixth year. In January a fourth round of research projects will start. Jeroen van den Hoven, professor of ethics and technology at Delft University and chair of the programme committee, reflects on the past five years and takes a look forwards. Kees Linse, a member of the programme committee and board member of Technology Foundation STW, adds his comments. Linse speaks from the perspective of his extensive international experience in industry.
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Drones: responsible flying robots?
Nico Nijenhuis is CEO of the startup Clear Flight Solutions. He and his team design drones for all kinds of purposes. 'Think of bird control around airports, but also of inspecting agricultural or natural areas to see where wild or endangered animal species are living.'
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Symposium ‘Small labels, big challenges’
Het projectteam van het NWO-MVI project ‘Maatschappelijk Verantwoord Innoveren in de voedingsindustrie’ organiseerde op 26 januari 2017 een multidisciplinair symposium over gezondheidskeurmerken, getiteld ‘Small labels, big challenges’. Tijdens het symposium werden de wetenschappelijke uitdagingen achter een gezondheidskeuzemerk vanuit verschillende wetenschappelijke disciplines belicht. Het doel van het symposium was om uitwisseling en samenwerking binnen de Wageningen Universiteit te stimuleren.
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David Molenaar: 'We aim to make clear, balanced choices'
David Molenaar, country division head Wind Power at Siemens Nederland, is involved in a Responsible Innovation study on wind power.
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Verantwoord bedrijfsmodel voor Afrikaanse gewassen
How should African countries implement intellectual property rights in such a way that they encourage organisations to focus their innovative capacities on breeding local plant varieties, while at the same time protecting smallholders? Project leader Bram de Jonge is trying to find an answer.
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Why Royal HaskoningDHV joined a project on emotions
Emotions in innovation processes. With his experiences as a project manager, Carl de Cock is very familiar with this subject. 'I have worked at Royal HaskoningDHV for nearly twenty years. Four years ago I stepped back from a management position and became a senior project manager. All of the projects I have been a part of since then have involved social impact or stakeholder management. I have repeatedly observed that dealing with emotions is a key success factor for finding support for a project and, when necessary, being able to make the right adjustments.'
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