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dc.contributor.authorVan Oudheusden, M
dc.contributor.authorTurcanu, C
dc.contributor.authorMolyneux-Hodgson, S
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T08:07:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-10
dc.description.abstractResponsible Research and Innovation (RRI) remains an essentially contested concept, yet potentially facilitates the development of a substantial network comprising actors with a variety of roles, expectations, and stakes, including researchers across technical and social sciences and humanities. Although the notion of RRI is absent in research programs for nuclear research and development (R&D), it is nonetheless recognized by various stakeholders in nuclear fields. In this commentary, we draw on our experiences as embedded science and technology studies (STS) scholars in the burgeoning nuclear subfield of radiation protection, singling out instances where RRI is discussed among R&D managers, scientists and technologists, and social science and humanities (SSH) researchers. Our exploration highlights recurring challenges and opportunities in introducing RRI into the radiation protection research space which pertain to: the strong evaluative connotation of RRI and its top-down character; the lack of industry involvement in RRI processes; and the hybridization of SSH through inter- and transdisciplinary research. Our analysis urges us to consider how RRI facilitates STS movement in the nuclear arena through the formation of relationships with radiation protection stakeholders and with SSH colleagues, and through the transferal of methods, concepts, and practices across research domains.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was partially supported by the EC CONCERT project, funded through the H2020 Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 under grant agreement No 662287; and in part by the UK Economic and Social Research Council funded grant ‘Nuclear Futures: a seminar series to re-make sociotechnical research agendas’ 2015–2018 [grant number ES/ N009444/1].en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 5 (2), pp. 241 - 246en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23299460.2018.1457403
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/33356
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder embargo until 10 April 2019 in compliance with publisher policy.en_GB
dc.rights© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupen_GB
dc.subjectCollaborationen_GB
dc.subjecthybridizationen_GB
dc.subjectnuclear science and technologyen_GB
dc.subjectradiation protectionen_GB
dc.subjectsocial sciences and humanitiesen_GB
dc.titleAbsent, yet present? Moving with ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ in radiation protection researchen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn2329-9460
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Responsible Innovationen_GB


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