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Two HEIRRI pilots in Lithuania: the internationalisation of HEIRRI advances strong!

Mykolas Romeris University, in Vilnius (Lithuania), organized two workshops on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in the framework of the HEIRRI project’s internationalisation and piloting plan. One of the workshops was addressed to administrative staff (coordinated by lecturer Inga Gaižauskaitė, on November 16th, 2017), and the second workshop was addressed to doctoral students (coordinated by

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New deadline for abstracts submission: 10th December 2017 – 2nd HEIRRI Conference, do not miss out!

The 2nd HEIRRI Conference ‘Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI’ will present the results of nearly three years of project activities designed to promote the integration of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) within the education of scientists, engineers and other professionals involved in the R&D process. It will be held in Vienna

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Summer School on RRI at the University of Split

A pilot trial of the Summer School on Responsible Research and Innovation has taken place at the University of Split (UNIST) from the 16th to 20th October 2017, within the framework of the European project HEIRRI. The aim of the Summer School was to introduce current concepts of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and to

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‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’, outline of the HEIRRI workshop in Accra

The GUNi’s Regional Office in Africa, together with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Global University Network for Innovation Secretariat, organized the workshop ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’ on the 17th October 2017 in Accra, Ghana, in the framework of the HEIRRI internationalization plan to spread the project amongst Higher Education

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Registration is now open! HEIRRI workshop in Accra ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’

The GUNi’s Regional Office in Africa, together with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Global University Network for Innovation Secretariat, organize the workshop ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’ in the framework of the HEIRRI internationalization plan to spread the project amongst Higher Education Institutions outside Europe. It will take place next 16th October

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The magazine of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network highlights HEIRRI in its new summer issue

The last issue of the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) magazine “the Business Innovator” features HEIRRI as part of the report “The Responsible Response”. You can read it online via this link (edition called “Business Sans Frontières”). The text consists of an interview to Gema Revuelta, director of the Science, Communication and Society

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Resolution of the Call for Applications to test the HEIRRI training materials

The HEIRRI project involves 2 new Higher Education institutions, from Algeria and India, interested in Responsible Research and Innovation and its integration into the curricula for a pilot test of two of the HEIRRI training programs and materials. After reviewing the applications received on the call to test the HEIRRI training materials, which was launched last 1st March 2017 by

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About Open Access and H2020 projects

The Research and Innovation portal of the European Commission has published very useful guidelines about Open Access and how it affects all sorts of H2020 projects. Using simple language, direct messages and revoking misconceptions, the page explains the main ways to Open Access and why the EU advocates for it: Broader access to scientific publications

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