Why responsible innovation?

Abstract

Below I will provide a bird’s eye view on six deficits in the global research and innovations system that constitute obstacles for innovations delivering on societal desirable objectives, describing how we got where we are and pointing the way forward. I will first give a short historical account of the progress we have achieved in the governance of the risks of emerging technologies, then highlight six departure points for a vision of responsible innovation based upon reflections on the six deficits in the research and innovation system