Greetings
The UK EPSRC funded project on a "Framework for Responsible Research and
Innovation in ICT" (www.responsible-innovation.org.uk
<http://www.responsible-innovation.org.uk>) call for case studies proposals.
Financial contribution: approximately £5000 per case study
Submission deadline: 19 January 2012
_Background_
Ethical issues arising from the development and wide-spread use of ICT
are of increasing concern. Prominent examples include the limitations of
privacy in social network sites, ownership and control of data by search
providers, the limitations on the use of large-scale public databases or
ICT systems or the possibility of moral agency by autonomous systems.
Although there is broad acceptance that ethical questions are relevant
to ICT, and that the way they are addressed can influence the
acceptance and acceptability of novel technologies, it is not clear how
this is to be done nor how responsibilities should be defined and realised.
The FRRIICT project seeks to develop a more grounded understanding of
these issues and to develop a network of researchers interested in them.
To support its work activities, the project has set aside a research
budget for the development of case studies which demonstrate interesting
examples of how ethical issues have been addressed in actual R&D projects
The case studies will be used to contribute to the understanding of
responsible research and innovation and to foster debate in this area.
It is also expected that the case studies will be made available to the
research community as teaching materials and so they will be made
publicly available via the Observatory under a creative commons licence.
_Content of the Case Studies_
Case studies should provide an illustration of key aspects of
responsible research and innovation in ICT. These can be related to
either 'Ethics of ICT' which would include specific issues within the
ICT domain or 'Ethics in ICT' which includes the uses of ICT in actual
settings of use and is thus broader in scope. Examples of such aspects
may be positive or negative examples of:
·Nature of the ethical or responsibility issue in question
·Field of application
·Ways of identifying the issue
·Aspects of the context that are particularly relevant
·Methods of addressing the issue
·Governance arrangements
Case studies may be either retrospective or prospective
Successful proposals will clearly demonstrate focus on at least one of
the above.
_Key Dates_
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*Event***
*Date***
Closing date for the submission of entries
19 January 2012
Judging Panel meeting
31 January 2012
Announcement of winners
03 February 2012
Commencement of award
14 February.2012
Mid-term report
30 April 2012
Submission of final case study
16 July 2012
Presentation of case study at showcase event
February 2014
_Further Information_
Please check the project website under www.responsible-innovation.org.uk
<http://www.responsible-innovation.org.uk> for more information on the
project. Detailed information on the case study as well as the documents
required for submission can be found under the "Case Studies
<http://ethics.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/frriict/case-studies>" tab.
For more information please contact one of the investigators:
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kind regards,
Marina, Grace and Bernd
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