The Responsible Innovation (RI) Prompts and Practice cards give a high-level introduction to Responsible Innovation. They are intended to be a starting point to help researchers and innovators engage with RI and integrate RI into a project or piece of work.

Initially developed within the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at the University of Nottingham, these cards highlight 16 different aspects of Responsible Research and Innovation that may be relevant to researchers and innovators. They are based on the AREA-4Ps Framework for RRI: each main card emphasises one element of the AREA framework (Anticipate, Reflect, Engage, Act) and one of the “4 Ps” (Purpose, Product, People, Process). Each card provides a series of example questions as prompts as well as a set of example actions or practices for responsibility. There are also some cards with instructions and suggested activities.

You can use the cards:

to explore RRI,

to reflect on a project and plan RRI activities,

to facilitate a discussion about priorities for RRI in a research or application area,

or something completely different..