The governance theories that have developed over the past twenty years offer a new framework to consider and examine the collective conditions of a "e;Responsible Research and Innovation RRI"e; linked up with the policy challenges of a society in transition in all its modes of regulation. This book will recall the genesis of the reflexive point of view in the context of the development of the theory of governance. It will then develop the strengths of the model and finally, will show the fruitfulness of its application to the field of the RRI.

The governance theories that have developed over the past twenty years offer a new framework to consider and examine the collective conditions of a "Responsible Research and Innovation - RRI" linked up with the policy challenges of a society in transition in all its modes of regulation. This book will recall the genesis of the reflexive point of view in the context of the development of the theory of governance. It will then develop the strengths of the model and finally, will show the fruitfulness of its application to the field of the RRI.

Foreword ixIntroduction xvChapter 1. RRI and Governance Theory 11.1. Definition of a minimum concept of governance 11.2. RRI and governance theory 61.2.1. The transition toward questions of governance in RRI policy 71.2.2. Introduction of explicit reflection on governance theory 101.2.3. Contributions of the GREAT project 141.2.4. Reasons for the delayed shift 171.3. The case of neighboring fields 211.4. Lessons to be learned 241.5. Changing perspective 28Chapter 2. The Origins of Governance Theory 312.1. Old and new governance: a first shift 362.2. The neo-institutionalist hypothesis 402.3. The nodal governance approach 442.4. The move toward democratic experimentalism 492.5. Institutionalist change and reflexivity in governance theories 55Chapter 3. Exploring Reflexive Governance Theory 573.1. Reflexivity and the academic third party 623.2. Reflexivity and the imaginary third party 673.3. Reflexivity and the real third party 693.4. The increase in references to reflexivity 723.5. Reasons why this use of reflexivity is unsatisfactory 763.6. What remains out of scope 79Chapter 4. Key Strengths of a Reflexive Theory of Governance 854.1. Attention as "thematization" 864.2. Reflexivity in governance 914.3. Deconstructing governance narratives 944.4. Examples of post hoc thematization of relational decentering 984.5. Shortcomings of thematization 1054.6. The five stages of reflexive governance in identity processes 109Chapter 5. Promoting Reflexive Governance of RRI 1175.1. Co-constructing problems 1225.2. Transformation of relational structures and negotiability of roles 1255.3. Iterating identities 1285.4. RRIs pathway for reflexive governance 1325.5. Operationalizing reflexive governance of RRI 137Chapter 6. Intellectual Intervention in Society: The Key to Reflexive Governance of RRI 1456.1. The destiny of rationality in the construction of common interest 1486.2. The fragmentation of knowledge 1566.3. Contradiction and pluralization of real interests 1616.4. From intellectual intervention to the community of destiny 1656.5. The possible role of political philosophy 1706.6. Long and short cycles of RRI governance 1726.7. A new model for the institution of knowledge? 175Conclusion 179Bibliography 185Index 197