The Making of Responsible Innovation and Technology: An Overview and Framework

IF 7 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

Smart Cities Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI:10.3390/smartcities6040093

Wenda Li, Tan Yigitcanlar, Will Browne, A. Nili

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Abstract

In an era in which technological advancements have a profound impact on our cities and societies, it is crucial to ensure that digital technology is not only driven by technological progress with economic goals but that it can also fulfill moral and social responsibilities. Hence, it is needed to advocate for ‘Responsible Innovation and Technology’ (RIT) to ensure cities and societies can harness the potential of technological progress and prosperity while safeguarding the well-being of individuals and communities. This study conducts a PRISMA review to explore and understand RIT concepts and its characteristics. In this study, we emphasize that RIT should deliver acceptable, accessible, trustworthy, and well governed technological outcomes, while ensuring these outcomes are aligned with societal desirability and human values, and should also be responsibly integrated into our cities and societies. The main contribution of this study is to identify and clarify the key characteristics of RIT, which has not been performed in such detail so far. The study, reported in this paper, also broadens the understanding of responsible research and innovation in the technosphere, particularly from a bottom-up perspective. Furthermore, the paper develops an RIT conceptual framework outlining its possible design procedures, which could be used by governments, companies, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders as a tool to address the grand challenges that accompany technological and scientific progress. The framework also informs science, technology, and innovation policy.

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负责任创新与技术的形成：综述与框架

在一个技术进步对我们的城市和社会产生深远影响的时代，确保数字技术不仅由具有经济目标的技术进步驱动，而且能够履行道德和社会责任，这一点至关重要。因此，需要倡导“负责任的创新与技术”（RIT），以确保城市和社会能够利用技术进步和繁荣的潜力，同时保障个人和社区的福祉。本研究对PRISMA进行了回顾，以探索和理解RIT的概念及其特征。在这项研究中，我们强调RIT应提供可接受、可访问、值得信赖和管理良好的技术成果，同时确保这些成果符合社会愿望和人类价值观，并应负责任地融入我们的城市和社会。本研究的主要贡献是确定和阐明RIT的关键特征，迄今为止尚未进行如此详细的研究。本文报道的这项研究还拓宽了对技术领域负责任研究和创新的理解，特别是从自下而上的角度。此外，该论文开发了一个RIT概念框架，概述了其可能的设计程序，政府、公司、从业者、研究人员和其他利益相关者可以将其用作应对技术和科学进步带来的巨大挑战的工具。该框架还为科学、技术和创新政策提供信息。

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Smart Cities Multiple-

CiteScore

11.20

自引率

6.20%

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审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Smart Cities (ISSN 2624-6511) provides an advanced forum for the dissemination of information on the science and technology of smart cities, publishing reviews, regular research papers (articles) and communications in all areas of research concerning smart cities. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible, with no restriction on the maximum length of the papers published so that all experimental results can be reproduced.