Explanation of the represented challenge of RRI evaluation

"How is a projects responsible research and innovation (RRI) evaluated? Who should do it? How do you evaluate? How often? What is the purpose of evaluating the project?

Evaluating RRI is very complicated and challenging since defining responsibility metrics is context-dependent and based on broad political, social, and religious perceptions. Thus, instead of forming rigid guidelines, we highlight the importance of open discussions among different stakeholders. These discussions are RRI practices that serve as a platform for presenting different perspectives on the issue at hand and integrating solutions and mutual understanding. We emphasize that these stakeholder discussions should not be limited to single events, rather it is a continuously recurring dialogue open for new ideas and participants. As there may be more than one purpose and also conflicting ones (e.g. check-list mentalities vs. activist mentalities for driving societal change), an important aim of the discussions is to recognize these differences in order to co-create a more shared sense and recognition of the assumptions, aims, and implications of the different purposes, as well as their limitations.

Evaluation is the discussion!"