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9This report analyses the relationship between RRI-like practices and competitive advantage. RRI frameworks have traditionally been less oriented towards their application in competitive environments; hence resulting in limitations to the applicability of some of its main tenets in industry and in the context of the development of a national competitive advantage. Aiming to close this gap and identify how a competitive advantage based on engagement in RRI-like practices across world regions may b…Read more
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233The Role of Human Creativity in Human-Technology RelationsPhilosophy and Technology 1 (3): 1-19. 2022.One of the pressing issues in philosophy of technology is the role of human creativity in human-technology relations. We first observe that a techno-centric orientation of philosophy of technology leaves open the role and contribution of human creativity in technological evolution, while an anthropocentric orientation leaves open the role of the technical milieu in technological evolution. Subsequently, we develop a concept of creation as deviation and responsiveness in response to affordances i…Read more
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393Technology in the Age of Innovation: Responsible Innovation as a New Subdomain Within the Philosophy of TechnologyPhilosophy and Technology 34 (2): 309-323. 2019.Praised as a panacea for resolving all societal issues, and self-evidently presupposed as technological innovation, the concept of innovation has become the emblem of our age. This is especially reflected in the context of the European Union, where it is considered to play a central role in both strengthening the economy and confronting the current environmental crisis. The pressing question is how technological innovation can be steered into the right direction. To this end, recent frameworks o…Read more
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203Responsible innovation at work: gamification, public engagement, and privacy by designJournal of Responsible Innovation. 2022.
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272Metabolism Instead of Machine: Towards an Ontology of HybridsPhilosophy and Technology 35 (3): 1-23. 2022.The emerging field of synthetic biology aims to engineer novel biological entities. The envisioned future bio-based economy builds largely on “cell factories”: organisms that have been metabolically engineered to sustainably produce substances for human ends. In this paper, we argue that synthetic biology’s goal of creating efficient production vessels for industrial applications implies a set of ontological assumptions according to which living organisms are machines. Traditionally, a machine i…Read more
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287The ontology of creation: towards a philosophical account of the creation of World in innovation processesFoundations of Science 1-18. forthcoming.The starting point of this article is the observation that the emergence of the Anthropocene rehabilitates the need for philosophical reflections on the ontology of technology. In particular, if technological innovations on an ontic level of beings in the world are created, but these innovations at the same time create the Anthropocene World at an ontological level, this raises the question how World creation has to be understood. We first identify four problems with the traditional concept of c…Read more
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215From Value Sensitive Design to values absorption – building an instrument to analyze organizational capabilities for value-sensitive innovationJournal of Responsible Innovation 1. 2022.Previous Responsible Innovation (RI) research has provided valuable insights on the value conflicts inherent to societally desirable innovation. By observing the responses of firms to these conflicts, Value-sensitive Absorptive Capacity (VAC) captures the organizational capabilities to become sensitive to these value conflicts and thus, innovate more responsibly. In this article, we construct a survey instrument to assess VAC, based on previous work by CSR and RI scholars. The construct and conc…Read more
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224The ‘Empirical’ in the Empirical Turn: A Critical AnalysisFoundations of Science 1 1-22. 2022.During the second half of the twentieth century, several philosophers of technology argued that their predecessors had reflected too abstractly and pessimistically on technology. In the view of these critics, one should study technologies empirically in order to fully understand them. They developed several strategies to empirically inform the philosophy of technology and called their new approach the empirical turn. However, they provide insufficient indications of what exactly is meant by empi…Read more
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433The Ontology of Technology Beyond Anthropocentrism and Determinism: The Role of Technologies in the Constitution of the (post)Anthropocene WorldFoundations of Science 1 1-19. 2022.Because climate change can be seen as the blind spot of contemporary philosophy of technology, while the destructive side effects of technological progress are no longer deniable, this article reflects on the role of technologies in the constitution of the (post)Anthropocene world. Our first hypothesis is that humanity is not the primary agent involved in world-production, but concrete technologies. Our second hypothesis is that technological inventions at an ontic level have an ontological impa…Read more
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24In de filosofische traditie is de materiële aarde als thema altijd onderbelicht gebleven. Van Aristoteles en Descartes tot Nietzsche en Heidegger blijkt de aarde altijd te zijn gedacht vanuit de vorm, vanuit het denken of vanuit de wereld. Hierdoor is de aarde als passief, inert of zelfs niet-bestaand beschouwd, maar niet vanuit zichzelf. In tijden van ecologische crisis en klimaatverandering is deze manier van denken niet langer toereikend. We moeten toe naar een nieuwe omgang met de aarde. Van…Read more
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289Quo Vadis, Bioeconomy? the Necessity of Normative Considerations in the TransitionJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 35 (1): 1-7. 2021.This collection of papers builds on the idea that the bioeconomy provides a framework for potentially effective solutions addressing the grand global challenges by a turn towards an increased use of biological resources, towards renewability and circularity. Consequently, it cannot be perceived as an end in itself. Thus, innovative endeavors within this bioeconomy framework require a serious examination of their normative premises and implications. From different perspectives, the five contribut…Read more
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328A Framework for Responsible Innovation in the business context: Lessons from responsible-, social-, and sustainable innovationIn L. Asveld, R. Van Dam-Mieras, T. Swierstra, S. Lavrijssen, K. Linse & J. Van Den Hoven (eds.), Responsible Innovation, Springer International Publishing. pp. 181-208. 2017.er er er
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7This book reflects on the nature of business management to contribute to the development of a philosophy and ethics of management. It engages in conceptual engineering of management to delineate the phenomenon of management and, as a result, to open a new perspective on management beyond its self-evident conceptualization. After questioning the self-evident concept of management, the author develops a philosophy of management with six dimensions of the nature of management: management as partici…Read more
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225Geoethics beyond enmeshment: Critical Reflections on the post-humanist position in the AnthropoceneIn Geo-Societal Narratives. pp. 29-54. 2021.In philosophical reflections on geoethics, it is primarily the question of what it means to be ‘part’ of the Earth system that is critically reflected upon. As the current geological era of the Anthropocene disrupts the dichotomy between Human agency and the Earth system, philosophers criticise a humanist account of geoethics and call for a post-humanist account. In this chapter, we critically engage with one specific proponent of the post-humanist position, Timothy Morton. We introduce his vers…Read more
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2515Philosophical reflections on the concept of InnovationIn Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation.. pp. 354-367. 2021.In this chapter, we philosophically reflect on the concept of innovation. To this end, we distinguish between the innovation process and outcome dimension, and between the ontic and ontological dimension of innovation. The ontic dimension of innovation concerns beings like new artefacts, and the ontological dimension concerns the being of these beings. These distinctions lead to four characteristics of our understanding of innovation with several implications for the object of innovation and its…Read more
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1062Responsible innovation in industry: the role of a firm’s multi-stakeholder networkIn Bio#futures, Foreseeing and Exploring the Bioeconomy. pp. 581-603. 2021.
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208Do voluntary standards support responsible innovation implementation and reporting in industry. the case of the European Food sectorIn I. Van de Poel & E. Yaghmaei (eds.), Assessment of responsible innovation. methods and practices. pp. 145-168. 2021.
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178What is wrong with global challenges?Journal of Responsible Innovation 1. 2021.Global challenges such as climate change, food security, or public health have become dominant concerns in research and innovation policy. This article examines how responses to these challenges are addressed by governance actors. We argue that appeals to global challenges can give rise to a ‘solution strategy' that presents responses of dominant actors as solutions and a ‘negotiation strategy' that highlights the availability of heterogeneous and often conflicting responses. On the basis of int…Read more
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189Covid-19 and the onlineification of research: kick-starting a dialogue on Responsible online Research and Innovation (RoRI)Journal of Responsible Innovation 3 (7): 680-688. 2020.The COVID-19 crisis opened up discussions on using online tools and platforms for academic work, e.g. for research (management) events that were originally designed as face-to-face interactions. As social scientists working in the domain of responsible research and innovation (RRI), we draft this paper to open up a dialogue on Responsible online Research and Innovation (RoRI), and deliberate particular socioethical opportunities and challenges of the onlineification in collaborative theoretical …Read more
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Because corporate social responsibility (CSR) is potentially beneficial for companies, it is important to understand the factors that improve a company’s CSR practice. Scholars hypothesize that facilitating learning organization characteristics, which are divided in characteristics at the organizational and the operational level, may improve CSR implementation. These characteristics stimulate companies and their members to be critical, learn from the past, and embrace change, but there is limite…Read more
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184Discussion structures as tools for public deliberationPublic Understanding of Science 1 (29): 76-93. 2020.We propose the use of discussion structures as tools for analyzing policy debates in a way that enables the increased participation of lay stakeholders. Discussion structures are argumentation-theoretical tools that can be employed to tackle three barriers that separate lay stakeholders from policy debates: difficulty, magnitude, and complexity. We exemplify the use of these tools on a debate in research policy on the question of responsibility. By making use of discussion structures, we foc…Read more
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226An agonistic approach to technological conflictPhilosophy and Technology 34 (34). 2020.Traditional approaches to conflict are oriented towards establishing (or re-establishing) consensus, either in the form of a resolution of the conflict or in the form of an ‘agree-to-disagree’ standstill between the stakeholders. In this paper, we criticize these traditional approaches, each for specific reasons, and we propose and develop the agonistic approach to conflict. Based on Chantal Mouffe’s agonistic democratic theory, the agonistic approach to conflict is more welcoming of dissensus, …Read more
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178A Processual Approach to friction in Quadruple Helix CollaborationsScience and Public Policy 6 (47): 876-889. 2020.R&D collaborations between industry, government, civil society, and research (also known as ‘quadruple helix collaborations’ (QHCs)) have recently gained attention from R&D theorists and practitioners. In aiming to come to grips with their complexity, past models have generally taken a stakeholder-analytical approach based on stakeholder types. Yet stakeholder types are difficult to operationalise. We therefore argue that a processual model is more suited for studying the interaction in QHCs bec…Read more
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218Challenging the ideal of transparency as a process and as an output variable of Responsible Innovation: The Case of ‘the CircleIn Robert Gianni, John Pearson & Bernard Reber (eds.), Responsible Research and Innovation, Routledge. pp. 225-244. 2019.
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260Responsible Innovation in Business: A critical reflection on deliberative engagement as a central governance mechanismJournal of Responsible Innovation 1 (6): 4-24. 2019.One of the main contentions of the framework for Responsible Innovation (RI) is that social and ethical aspects have to be addressed by deliberative engagement with stakeholders and the wider public throughout the innovation process. The aim of this article is to reflect on the question to what extent is deliberative engagement suitable for conducting RI in business. We discuss several tensions that arise when this framework is applied in the business context. Further, we analyse the place of de…Read more
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172Strenghtening the socio-ethical foundations of the circular economy: lessons from responsible research and innovationJournal of Cleaner Production 33 (33): 280-291. 2019.The circular economy (CE) framework has captured the attention of industry and academia and received strong policy support. It is currently deemed as a powerful solution for sustainability, despite ongoing criticism on its oversimplification and lack of consideration of socio-ethical issues. In parallel, the concept of RRI has emerged strongly with a strong focus on the integration of social desirability in innovation under transparency, democracy and mutual responsiveness principles. In this pa…Read more
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203Contextualizing Individual Competencies for Managing the Corporate Social Responsibility Adaptation Process: The Apparant Influence of the Business Case LogicBusiness and Society 2 (58): 369-403. 2019.Companies committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) should ensure that their managers possess the appropriate competencies to effectively manage the CSR adaptation process. The literature provides insights into the individual competencies these managers need but fails to prioritize them and adequately contextualize them in a manner that makes them meaningful in practice. In this study, we contextualized the competencies within the different job roles CSR managers have in the CSR a…Read more
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216Educating for self-interest or -transcendence? An empirical approach to investigating the role of moral competencies in opportunity recognition for sustainable developmentBusiness Ethics: A European Review 2 (28): 243-260. 2019.Entrepreneurship education with a focus on sustainable development primarily teaches students to develop a profit‐driven mentality. As sustainable development is a value‐oriented and normative concept, the role of individual ethical norms and val‐ ues in entrepreneurial processes has been receiving increased attention. Therefore, this study addresses the role of moral competence in the process of idea generation for sustainable development. A mixed method design was developed in which would‐…Read more
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Heidegger, Husserl en de vraag naar de fenomenologische instelling van de hedendaagse filosofieIn P. Reynaert G. J. Van den Heiden C. Bremmers (ed.), Fenomenologie als houding. Bijdragen aan een fenomenologische wijsbegeerte. pp. 81-106. 2018.df df df
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Responsible Innovation in industry and the importance of customer orientation: introduction to the special issueInternational Food and Agribusiness Management Review 4 (21). 2018.
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Wageningen University and ResearchCommunication, Philosophy and Technology (CPT)Associate Professor
Wageningen, GE, Netherlands
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