Print Email Facebook Twitter The responsible research and innovation (RRI) maturity model Title The responsible research and innovation (RRI) maturity model: Linking theory and practice Author Stahl, Bernd Carsten (De Montfort University) Obach, Michael (Technalia) Yaghmaei, E. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology; University of Southern Denmark) Ikonen, Veikko (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland) Chatfield, Kate (University of Central Lancashire) Brem, Alexander (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; University of Southern Denmark) Date 2017 Abstract Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is an approach to research and innovation governance aiming to ensure that research purpose, process and outcomes are acceptable, sustainable and even desirable. In order to achieve this ambitious aim, RRI must be relevant to research and innovation in industry. In this paper, we discuss a way of understanding and representing RRI that resonates with private companies and lends itself to practical implementation and action. We propose the development of an RRI maturity model in the tradition of other well-established maturity models, linked with a corporate research and development (R&D) process. The foundations of this model lie in the discourse surrounding RRI and selected maturity models from other domains as well as the results of extensive empirical investigation. The model was tested in three industry environments and insights from these case studies show the model to be viable and useful in corporate innovation processes. With this approach, we aim to inspire further research and evaluation of the proposed maturity model as a tool for facilitating the integration of RRI in corporate management. Subject IndustryInnovation processMaturity modelR&D managementResponsible research and innovationRRI To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7914ebba-ee18-4943-9d4e-d08c98252e4c DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su9061036 ISSN 2071-1050 Source Sustainability, 9 (6) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Bernd Carsten Stahl, Michael Obach, E. Yaghmaei, Veikko Ikonen, Kate Chatfield, Alexander Brem Files PDF sustainability_09_01036.pdf 554.11 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7914ebba-ee18-4943-9d4e-d08c98252e4c/datastream/OBJ/view