CfP EASST 2018 panel: When "responsible innovation" meets "responsible stagnation"
2018 EASST conference, Lancaster
Panel "When responsible innovation meets economic crisis: considering the
possibilities of 'responsible stagnation'"
Convenors: Michiel van Oudheusden (KU Leuven); Stevienna de Saille (University
of Sheffield)
Short abstract
This panel asks how STS can combine with heterodox economics to provide new
directions for Responsible Innovation. It uses Responsible Stagnation as a
lens through which to consider questions relative to the governance of
'innovation' in a world of finite resources and fragile ecosystems.
Long abstract
Responsible Innovation (RI) was originally conceived as a way of mediating the
crisis-driven demand for economic growth by shaping high-tech innovation
towards filling social needs rather than merely generating profit. However, as
RI has become embedded in science, technology and innovation (STI) policies,
it has become subsumed into the same growth-driven paradigms it was originally
meant to challenge. Accepting that productivity in advanced economies has
reached that steady state in which returns from increased input are
diminishing, we therefore suggest an exploration of Responsible Stagnation
(RS) as an integral and neglected part of the discussion of RI. This panel
seeks papers which explore the idea that to be responsible to the future,
innovation must take place in an enabling economic framework that respects
planetary limitations and sustains social progress. What kinds of 'innovation'
should be encouraged in advanced economies which are effectively stagnant in
terms of wages and social improvement, and how may 'filling social needs' be
better measured than mere increase in GDP? Under what conditions can
innovation which leads to stagnation in consumption of non-renewable resources
become a desirable economic goal? Heterodox economists have asked similar
questions but have not engaged with STS as a means of understanding the
co-production of technology and social relations to further their aims. We
hence invite papers that explore how heterodox economics can combine with STS
to provide fruitful new directions for RI. We welcome both theoretical and
empirical contributions.
Submission deadline: February 14th, 2018
For more info:
https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6248
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