Abstract
Co-creation, a form of engagement in which stakeholders jointly generate value, has increasingly received attention as a way to enhance responsible research and innovation (RRI). To explore the extent to which co-creation might support RRI, this paper analyses three co-creation workshops with different types of stakeholders in the area of nanotechnology for health. The analysis considers the potential of co-creation to enhance the legitimacy of and add value to innovation based on the four dimensions of RRI: reflexivity, inclusion, anticipation, and adaptation. The results show that it is difficult to address all the dimensions at once. A trade-off between creating legitimacy and added value can be detected: a co-creation process focusing on added value requires deliberation early in the innovation process, a certain specificity and an action-oriented perspective. This comes at the cost of the inclusion and anticipation of societal values, which are important dimensions of a legitimate innovation process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 28-48 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of responsible innovation |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 23 Nov 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2022 |
Keywords
- Co-creation
- responsibile research and innovation
- stakeholder engagement
- Nanotechnology
- UT-Hybrid-D