Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration
To address societal challenges, research and innovation approaches, involving a wide range of actors, are increasingly promoted by policy communities. This paper explores the practice of Quadruple Helix collaborations for responsible innovation and how these implement the theoretical ambition of inc...
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| author | Johannes Starkbaum Robert Braun Vincent Blok Fabian Schroth Johann Jakob Häußermann Claudia Colonnello Eugen Popa Renate Wesselink Anna Gerhardus |
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| description | To address societal challenges, research and innovation approaches, involving a wide range of actors, are increasingly promoted by policy communities. This paper explores the practice of Quadruple Helix collaborations for responsible innovation and how these implement the theoretical ambition of including actors from different societal sectors in innovation, including actors from the fields of arts, media and civil society, which is conceptualized as the Fourth Helix in this concept. Referring to cross-sector collaboration literature and based on an empirical investigation, we explore which actors, representing the Fourth Helix, actually engage in innovation collaborations, how this engagement plays out in practice, and the institutional and systemic dynamics involved in output and value creation. We rely on data from three Social Labs in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands, which constitute qualitative, change-oriented research processes, where we researched and engaged with actors from cases constituting- or aiming for a Quadruple Helix collaboration. This was accompanied by a desktop study including qualitative interviews of 51 further cases. We find that the actual engagement of actors from civil society is fragile and that forces beyond Quadruple Helix cases impact these quite firmly in some cases. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcf392ef3a824c1c8155e084d55259952025-01-07T13:48:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2414531Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaborationJohannes Starkbaum0Robert Braun1Vincent Blok2Fabian Schroth3Johann Jakob Häußermann4Claudia Colonnello5Eugen Popa6Renate Wesselink7Anna Gerhardus8Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, AustriaInstitute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, AustriaPhilosophy Group, Wageningen University (WU), Wageningen, the NetherlandsCenter for Responsible Research and Innovation (CeRRI), Fraunhofer IAO, Berlin, GermanyCenter for Responsible Research and Innovation (CeRRI), Fraunhofer IAO, Berlin, GermanyKnowledge and Innovation – K&I (Fondazione Adriano Olivetti consultant), Rome, ItalyDepartment of Ethics and Philosophy of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the NetherlandsEducation and Learning Sciences, Wageningen University (WU), Wageningen, the NetherlandsInstitute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna, AustriaTo address societal challenges, research and innovation approaches, involving a wide range of actors, are increasingly promoted by policy communities. This paper explores the practice of Quadruple Helix collaborations for responsible innovation and how these implement the theoretical ambition of including actors from different societal sectors in innovation, including actors from the fields of arts, media and civil society, which is conceptualized as the Fourth Helix in this concept. Referring to cross-sector collaboration literature and based on an empirical investigation, we explore which actors, representing the Fourth Helix, actually engage in innovation collaborations, how this engagement plays out in practice, and the institutional and systemic dynamics involved in output and value creation. We rely on data from three Social Labs in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands, which constitute qualitative, change-oriented research processes, where we researched and engaged with actors from cases constituting- or aiming for a Quadruple Helix collaboration. This was accompanied by a desktop study including qualitative interviews of 51 further cases. We find that the actual engagement of actors from civil society is fragile and that forces beyond Quadruple Helix cases impact these quite firmly in some cases.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414531Quadruple Helixcross-sector collaborationRRItriple Helixpublic engagement |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Starkbaum Robert Braun Vincent Blok Fabian Schroth Johann Jakob Häußermann Claudia Colonnello Eugen Popa Renate Wesselink Anna Gerhardus Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration Journal of Responsible Innovation Quadruple Helix cross-sector collaboration RRI triple Helix public engagement |
| title | Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration |
| title_full | Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration |
| title_fullStr | Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration |
| title_short | Responsible innovation across societal sectors: a practice perspective on Quadruple Helix collaboration |
| title_sort | responsible innovation across societal sectors a practice perspective on quadruple helix collaboration |
| topic | Quadruple Helix cross-sector collaboration RRI triple Helix public engagement |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414531 |
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