Putting Embedded Ethics and Social Science into practice

Autor(en)

Svenja Breuer, Sophia Witz, Jon Skerlj, Maximilian Braun, Marieke Bak, Abdeldjallil Naceri, Daniel Tigard, Sami Haddadin, Alena Buyx, Iris Eisenberger, Ruth Müller

Abstrakt

In response to the ethical and societal challenges of emerging technologies, there is a growing commitment to integrative socio-technical research. One such approach is embedded ethics and social science, which embeds the analysis of ethical, social, and legal aspects into the entire innovation process through direct collaboration between ethicists, social scientists, legal scholars, technical researchers, and experts in the field of application. We offer reflections on our experiences from the approach's pilot project, Responsible Robotics, where we were integrated into a research project on service robotics for senior care. Drawing on more than four years of embedded research, we present practices through which peer-to-peer relationships develop. These relationships challenge disciplinary identities and serve as grounds for mutual learning and capacity-building. Our insights contribute to the discourse on how science and technology studies (STS), ethics, and law can integrate with technological research to ensure ethically and socially responsible practices.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Innovation und Digitalisierung im Recht

Externe Organisation(en)

Technische Universität München, Center for Responsible AI Technologies, University of San Diego, Northeastern University

Journal

Journal of Responsible Innovation

Band

11

ISSN

2329-9460

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2024.2426854

Publikationsdatum

11-2024

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

502014 Innovationsforschung, 303019 Medizinische Ethik, 202035 Robotik, 504028 Techniksoziologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Information Systems and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a2327619-3cd9-481e-8d9b-b2e74a19c937