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Try RRI! A guide for Responsible Research and Innovation

University of Amsterdam

About this Course

In this online course you will learn how to apply Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in your own work. First by understanding why it is important to act responsibly in your research and innovation processes at all.
In a second step, you will get introduced to several tools that will help make your own work in research and/or innovation more aware by introducing concepts of RRI. In addition, we will present inspiring examples and cases from the NewHoRRIzon RRI pilots, which effectively applied RRI in different sciences. Finally, you will see how you can consider R&I processes from different viewpoints by conducting exercises.

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Beginner Level

Researchers and students, innovators, policymakers as well as interested people from personal development, education and innovation trainers.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

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Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Beginner Level

Researchers and students, innovators, policymakers as well as interested people from personal development, education and innovation trainers.

Approx. 6 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

Margit Hofer

Sociology

501 Learners

1 Course

Ilse Marschalek

Sociology

501 Learners

1 Course

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University of Amsterdam

A modern university with a rich history, the University of Amsterdam

(UvA) traces its roots back to 1632, when the Golden Age school Athenaeum Illustre was established to train students in trade and philosophy. Today, with more than 39,000 students, 5,000 staff and 285 study programmes (Bachelor's and Master's), many of which are taught in English, and a budget of more than 600 million euros, it is one of the largest comprehensive universities in Europe. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities and also maintains intensive contact with other leading research universities around the world.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

Welcome to our course on Responsible Research and Innovation!

In this online course, you will learn about why it is important to act responsibly in your research and innovation processes and reflect on the different fields of application. You will get introduced to several tools that will help make your own work in research and/or innovation more aware by introducing concepts of RRI and related issues to your work or study settings. In addition, we will present inspiring examples and cases from the NewHoRRIzon RRI pilots, which effectively applied RRI in different sciences. Finally, you will see how you can consider R&I processes from different viewpoints by conducting exercises. This course is specifically customized for researchers and students, innovators, policymakers as well as interested people from personal development, education and innovation trainers.

1 hour to complete

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 reading

2 hours to complete

RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation, what is it?

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 3 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Get ready for RRI!

Now it's time to go into practice! Thus, in this module, you will get to know several tools that will help you reflect and integrate RRI in your daily work. Consequently, this section will be very practical and we will ask you to test and experiment with three different tools that can help you to analyse your research and innovation process. Experimenting with these tools will help you gain the practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully apply these techniques to your daily work.

2 hours to complete

1 video (Total 4 min), 2 readings

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

RRI in collaboration

In this module, you will learn about the effective techniques of Social labs which helps apply RRI in groups, gain practice implementing them and getting them to work for yourself. More importantly, you'll learn about the theoretical underpinnings of Social Labs, but also gain the practical know-how needed to quickly and powerfully apply these techniques to new problems. This module will also draw from numerous case studies and applications so that you will learn how to apply RRI in collaboration and be inspired for your own RRI practice.

1 hour to complete

4 videos (Total 17 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

24 minutes to complete

Can you show me examples?

24 minutes to complete

3 videos (Total 6 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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