KEIO-RRI

While the advancement of science and technology holds great promise, it simultaneously raises various challenges, including the need to address a range of “Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI),” to study and resolve policy and institutional challenges related to the societal implementation of science and technology, and to collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders.

In recent years, such discussions have increasingly been framed within the context of “Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).”

Accordingly, the establishment of the Center for Responsible Research and Innovation (KEIO-RRI) within the Keio University Global Research Institute (KGRI) has been approved. The RRI Center aims to become an international hub that conducts research and visualizes a wide range of ELSI issues and impacts, while also researching and promoting collaborative, practical governance to design new norms, create value, and facilitate societal implementation in partnership with diverse stakeholders.

Mission

①RRI Assesment

We will promote RRI assessments targeting emerging science and technology fields (including neuroscience, synthetic biology, molecular robotics, regenerative medicine, genome-edited foods and food-tech, long-term flood prediction, autonomous driving, cybernetic avatars, VR/XR technology, robotics, AI, generative audio by AI, etc.). We will conduct empirical research from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives by combining literature reviews, quantitative mass media analysis (utilizing correspondence analysis, co-occurrence network analysis, topic modeling, etc.), questionnaire surveys, interview surveys (individual interviews and focus groups), participant observation, and future insights and scenario workshops. We then disseminated the results through academic papers and guidelines.

②Creating Spaces for Deliberation

We will organize workshops, symposia, interactive events, and community-based programs to implement “citizen-participatory RRI,” which incorporates diverse voices from society into research and development. We will also consider creating content, such as serious games, to foster dialogue spaces that are accessible to a wide range of participants.

③Policy Recommendations / Education

We will promote RRI education for graduate students and early career researchers, training programs for the industry and government, and international collaborative education to build a talent pool capable of working across multiple disciplines. Furthermore, we will collaborate with universities and research institutions in Japan and abroad, industries, policymaking bodies, and international academic societies to contribute to the development of international rules and policy recommendations. In particular, we aim to establish a global RRI model through comparative research on STI governance in Asia.

Member

Director：

Ryuma Shineha, Ph.D (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): Science and Technology Studies (STS), Science Policy.

Member：

Shutarou Takeda, Ph.D (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): Energy Scinece, Energy Policy

Shota Nagayama, Ph.D (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): 、Quantum technology

Sawako Shinomiya (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): Sociology of Medicine

Yizu Hu, Ph.D (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): History of Science, Digital Humanities

Hao Zhechen (Research Fellow, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University): Science and Technology Studies (STS)

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