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View article: Exploring value dilemmas of brain monitoring technology through speculative design scenarios
Exploring value dilemmas of brain monitoring technology through speculative design scenarios Open
In the field of brain monitoring, the advancement of more user-friendly wearable and non-invasive devices is introducing new opportunities for application outside the lab and clinical use. Despite the growing importance of responsible inno…
View article: Involving older adults in technology research and development discussions through dialogue cafés
Involving older adults in technology research and development discussions through dialogue cafés Open
Background Citizen involvement is important for ensuring the relevance and quality of many research and innovation efforts. Literature shows that inadequate citizen involvement poses an obstacle during the research, development, and implem…
View article: Perspectives on assistive technology among older Norwegian adults receiving community health services
Perspectives on assistive technology among older Norwegian adults receiving community health services Open
The Norwegian Research Council, Number 47996, funds the Assisted Living Project (ALP).IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe study was useful in order to inform the health care services about older adults "perspectives on assistive technology"…
View article: Images of Place, Secularity and Gentrification: On Urban Religious Belonging in an Inner City Neighbourhood in Oslo
Images of Place, Secularity and Gentrification: On Urban Religious Belonging in an Inner City Neighbourhood in Oslo Open
Through extensive fieldwork conducted in an inner city neighbourhood in Oslo, Norway, the authors found that a variation of actors and settings evoked different religious and secular images of place. In what ways is the urban experience sh…
View article: Is RRI a new R&I logic? A reflection from an integrated RRI project
Is RRI a new R&I logic? A reflection from an integrated RRI project Open
This article presents an analysis of a project in the field of assisted living technologies (ALT) for older adults where Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is used as an overall approach to the research and technology development wo…
View article: <p>Community Health Care Workers’ Experiences on Enacting Policy on Technology with Citizens with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia</p>
Community Health Care Workers’ Experiences on Enacting Policy on Technology with Citizens with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Open
NSD project number 47996.
View article: Responsible Assessments: Frameworks for a Value-Based Governance of Assistive Technologies
Responsible Assessments: Frameworks for a Value-Based Governance of Assistive Technologies Open
This thesis investigates Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and its possible
\napplication for assessing assistive technologies. Such assessments aim to produce ethically
\nacceptable solutions as well as enhanced value for the user…
View article: Stakeholders’ Views on Responsible Assessments of Assistive Technologies through an Ethical HTA Matrix
Stakeholders’ Views on Responsible Assessments of Assistive Technologies through an Ethical HTA Matrix Open
Assessments of novel assistive technologies for use in home-based services has been documented to be performed in a variety of ways and often with a rather narrow focus on safety and effect or effectiveness. In order better to understand t…
View article: Responsibility for Assisted Living Technologies
Responsibility for Assisted Living Technologies Open
The approach to innovations known as Responsible research and innovation (RRI) aims to move the innovation system towards creating products that strive to realize social values along with economic benefits. This paper discusses the systema…
View article: A Report from the Field: Doing RRI from Scratch in an Assisted Living Technology Research and Development Project
A Report from the Field: Doing RRI from Scratch in an Assisted Living Technology Research and Development Project Open
The transdisciplinary Assisted Living project conducts research within (ICT), health science, social science and ethics. The overall aim of the project is to advance responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the field of welfare technol…
View article: New Czech & Certified Methodology „Tools of Resilience“
New Czech & Certified Methodology „Tools of Resilience“ Open
The article deals with possibilities of better governance regarding natural and anthropogenic risks and building of resilience of medium towns and cities against disasters. Such systematic approach could be applied for example using new Cz…
View article: Responsible Help at Home: Establishing Indicators for a Product Assessment Methodology
Responsible Help at Home: Establishing Indicators for a Product Assessment Methodology Open
Responsible research and innovation (RRI) \nseeks to expand the \ngovernance of innovations through including social values and beneficial impacts \nthroughout the innovation process. \nThis \nchapter \npresents an attempt at addressing \n…
View article: Agency and climate change: a quantitative-structuralist approach to the assignment of moral agency in mitigation
Agency and climate change: a quantitative-structuralist approach to the assignment of moral agency in mitigation Open
This article uses the IPCC Working Group III’s latest report on mitigation of climate change as its material. The ambition is to investigate how the IPCC assigns moral agency to non-experts. For this, the article analyzes whether the terms…
View article: Regional Development and Climate Change Adaptation: A Study of the Role of Legitimacy
Regional Development and Climate Change Adaptation: A Study of the Role of Legitimacy Open
This paper presents results from a study of Czech Local Action Groups (LAGs), focusing on gaining knowledge about their internally perceived legitimacy and their potential role in local adaptation to climate change. Former studies on the r…
View article: Social Life Cycle Assessment as a resource for Responsible Research and Innovation
Social Life Cycle Assessment as a resource for Responsible Research and Innovation Open
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a currently important proposal for doing science and innovation with and for society. Sustainability has for the last 30 years had a similar function in providing limits and direction for societ…
View article: Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest?
Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? Open
The presence of experts holding patents and simultaneously providing policy advice on areas where they hold patents pose several normative questions. Through a comparative study of several IPCC reports, this article documents the scope of …