About Me
Dr. Dr.phil. RENE VON SCHOMBERG is a philosopher and a STS specialist. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen: Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Guest Professor, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany;
Former Official of the European Commission He holds Ph.D's from the University of Twente (NL) (Science and Technology Studies) and J.W.Goethe University in Frankfurt (Philosophy). He has been a European Union Fellow at George Mason University, USA in 2007 and has been with the European Commission from 1998-2021.
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Futures of Science for Policy in Europe: Scenario’s and Policy Implications
This Foresight Studies conducted for the European Commission explores important trends for the future of science for policy in Europe and the challenges and opportunities that they present for the development of science for policy ecosystems in the European Union. … Continue reading
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Towards a New Ethos of Science or an institutional reform of Science?
Pleased to announce open lecture at RWTH Aachen, for details/registration see link https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsway.cloud.microsoft%2FmqGpl6bSmI0ZdjUO%3Fref%3Demail&data=05%7C02%7C%7C1736543032934e077f2608dc27016cc9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638428134272199537%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Rg%2BXU%2BsM%2Bag7NF7ue4T76sPbSxPsQUg6JzYS7KkMBxs%3D&reserved=0
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NASA report on social and ethical condiderations Artemis( Moon to Mars Mission)
I was priviliged to join a multi-stakeholder and expert workshop on this subjext matter at NASA headquaters. Full report of the event kan be downloaded here https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:bddef2fb-978d-33c1-a3de-c3208604b4e7 We should not leave space only to engineers and geopolitics!
Why Responsible Innovation?
This video has been recorded for the MOOC ‘Responsible Innovators of Tomorrow’ provided by the University Alliance ENHANCE. More info on the MOOC, see http://www.hub.rwth-aachen.de.
New Ethos of Science or Institutional Reform of Science?
The Prospects of Institutionalising the Research Values Openness, Collaboration and Responsiveness In the course of a lectures series of the International Centre for Advanced Studies, Cultures of Research, Kaete Hamburger Kolleg, RWTH Aachen University, an open Public lecture by Rene … Continue reading
Outcomes Workshop on Open Science, Responsible Innovation and Anticipatory Governance ( 29/30 June 2022) Event at Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Cultures of Research-RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Please find attached an open accessible link where you can download updated PPT presentations, and locate some literature to which participants referred to during the workshop (see for workshop overview, and participants, post further below) Andoni Ibarra and myself worked … Continue reading
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Open Scholarship, Responsible Research and Innovation and Anticipatory Governance: Event at Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Cultures of Research-RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Registration for Online participation: events@khk.rwth-aachen.de Workshop Open Scholarship, Responsible Innovation and Anticipatory Governance 29 June and 30 June 2020 Käte Hamburger Kolleg (KHK), Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University 10: 00 -10.15 hrs : Welcome addres Andoni Ibarra, René … Continue reading
Raising the Sail of Innovation. Philosophical Explorations on Responsible Innovation
The reality of today’s global challenges has paved the way for Responsible Innovation (RI), which aims to steer innovation processes towards societally desirable outcomes. Under the sway of ‘science with and for society’, the hypothesis is that innovation can only … Continue reading
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Rene von Schomberg: Senior Research Fellow, Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research , Aachen University, 1 January 2022.
Announcement: I will leave the European Commission and I will become a Senior Research Fellow at the new Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research which is an international center for advanced studies at the at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. I … Continue reading
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Presentations at Final conferences of the Horizon 2020 funded projects SeeRRI and IAMRRI
I gave rather similar key note presentations at the final conferences of the H2020 funded projects SeeRRI (https://conference.seerri.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Programa-conferencia-SeeRRI-15.09.21-2.pdf) and IAMRRI (https://www.iamrri.eu/iamrri/events/default-title/programm) on respectively 30 and 8 September 2021 The power point presentation can be downloaded here: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AiGzvqBrWeivuEiI7umzXbcA86QG?e=BqB9cb I can recommend … Continue reading
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