In the context of the launch of the GREAT project (www.great-project.eu) SIGNOSIS is co-organising the workshop: “RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION: FROM LEGITIMATION TO APPLICATION”, on 5th February 2013, at European Commission’s premises, Covent Garden building, at Place Rogier.  The aim of the workshop is to generate the awareness of the complexity of the problems related to responsible innovation efficiency in complex contexts. The workshop will attempt to frame the conceptual and empirical scenario in order to understand the complexity of the matter and activate a reflection process within the Consortium.

The GREAT project will investigate current practices in responsible research and innovation and will develop a sound theoretical approach in order to analyse, compare, evaluate and improve these practices. Every other approach to RRI involves usually a predetermined taking a position from where consequences are drawn out and working out the consequences of that prior decision, regardless of emergent conditions.