Article

Nuclear dating: sharing experiences, knowledges and views on Responsible Research and Innovation in the nuclear field

¹ Nuclear Science and Technology Studies, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK CEN, Mol, Belgium
² Competence Centre Policy and Society, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
³ DIY Science Lab, IDEAS Science Ltd, Pest, Hungary
⁴ Techno-Science and Societal Transformation, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria
⁵ European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Petten, The Netherlands

^* Corresponding author: cturcanu@sckcen.be

Received: 12 January 2022
Accepted: 18 May 2022

Abstract

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) has been a central pillar of the European H2020 research framework. A social lab organized within the European project NewHoRRIzon explored ways to stimulate further integration of RRI principles (public engagement, open access, gender, ethics, science education) in the nuclear research. Under the title “Nuclear Dating”, a pilot action was designed in this lab with the aim of creating awareness of RRI among Early Career Researchers, providing a venue for experimenting interdisciplinary collaborations and stimulating their reflexivity to the wider social, ethical, and environmental issues surrounding their research. Through a joint effort of organizers and participants, this paper shares insights from this first of a kind event in the nuclear R&D landscape.