Parallel SESSION: Breaking walls, changing structures RRI Tools Final Conference - Brussels, 21-22 November 2016

1. e Research & Innovation Learning from w
(The ‘People’s University’ response
to changing expectations of society)

2. Institutional support existed,
RRI provides better connection?
Research excellence, impact & new metrics
Research Integrity
Collaboration and inter-disciplinarity
Stakeholder and public engagement
Sustainability
Data management - open access, stewardship, integrity etc
Gender, diversity, equality
Ethics and responsibility
Governance and accountability incl for public funding
Talent identification, management, development & motivation

3. Senior level champion gives green light (Professor Richard Jones,
PVC Research and Innovation)
RRI Group convened including champions in all key areas
RRI mapping against institutional vision, strategy, structures
Brainstorm of what RRI means to Sheffield
(using Lego Serious Play)
Strategy developed with group
Senior champion leaves!
Work goes on in key areas, but overall
strategy on hold
What we did

5. Making lasting
connections
Learning by
doing
Support &
inspire
The Sheffield approach…

6. Key learning so far…
Senior institutional champion essential
Can’t be done without central vision, funding &
coordination
External incentives must be supportive, not
counterproductive!
New ways of working challenge decades
(centuries!?) of inertia
Support & inspiration of individuals trying to make it
work is central to success