This open access book offers a unique and practically oriented study of
organisational and national conditions for implementing Responsible
Research Innovation (RRI) policies and practices. It gives the reader a
thorough understanding of the different aspects of RRI, and of barriers
and drivers of implementation of RRI related policies. It shows how
different organisational and national contexts provide unique challenges
and opportunities for bringing RRI into practice. The book provides
concrete examples and offers the reader both a theory-based
understanding of the topic, as well as guidance for action. The target
audience encompasses, in addition to RRI students and scholars in
particular, all students and scholars in the field of Science and
Technology Studies (STS). The book is also of interest to students and
scholars in the fields of research ethics, philosophy of science,
organisational governance in the research system and organisational
theory more generally. Finally, the book is of use to practitioners in
research conducting and funding organisations working to implement RRI.