From responsibility to risk: ethics in the Bermuda Triangle of EU research and innovation policy

Abstract This paper aims to trace how the meaning of ethics in the research and innovation (R&I) sector is discursively and procedurally revised within two consecutive modes of legitimizing public policies in the European Union (EU), namely, good governance and better regulation. The text draws...

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Published in:Science & public policy 2024-04, Vol.51 (2), p.207-217
Main Author: Nikolova, Blagovesta I
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Ambiguity
Emptying
Ethics
Governance
Hegemony
Innovation policy
Innovations
Laclau, Ernesto (1935-2014)
Mouffe, Chantal
Science and technology
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Emptying
Ethics
Governance
Hegemony
Innovation policy
Innovations
Laclau, Ernesto (1935-2014)
Mouffe, Chantal
Science and technology
title From responsibility to risk: ethics in the Bermuda Triangle of EU research and innovation policy
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