RRING Global Interviews Dataset (WP3)

The RRING Work Package 3 (WP3) objective was to clarify how Research Funding Organisations (RFOs) and Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) operated within region-specific research and innovation environments. It explored how they navigated the governance and regulatory frameworks for Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), as well as offering their perspectives on the entities responsible for RRI-related policy and action in their locales.

This dataset specifically covers the global interviews research part, which was designed to investigate bottom-up perspectives and experiences of researchers and innovators. The focus here is on collecting data through and from researchers and innovators themselves (i.e. ascertaining bottom-up views). We prioritised how and why research and innovation are supplied from those who are actually supplying it. In doing this, we also paid particular attention to: key RRI-related platforms, spaces and players operating in this region; interactions between different stakeholder types; domain-specific lessons related to Digital (ICT), Energy, Bioeconomy and Waste Management; as well as region-specific insights on what is shaping day-to-day research and innovation practice.

Our sampling focused on the following geographical regions: African states; Arab states; Asian and Pacific states; European and North American States; and Latin American and Caribbean states. Of the 130+ interviews conducted, 29 participants consented to their transcripts being shared publicly