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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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’.

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Information and matchmaking event Responsible Innovation

Friday, 12 April 2019, an information and matchmaking meeting will be organised about the programme 'Responsible Innovation. Designing for public values in a digital world'.