Exploring extended outcomes of co-creation applied for Responsible Research and Innovation

Co-creation was identified as a potential approach towards the operationalization of the area of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) due to its cooperative, transparent and iterative characteristics. The EU project SISCODE (Grant agreement: 788217, funded under the Horizon2020 program, conducted a real-life experimentation with 10 pilots across Europe to explore the short- and mid-term effects of co-creation as a means to put RRI into practice. Drivers and barriers across diverse contexts are identified stating the role and dynamics of capacity building at the ground of practicing co-creation. Monitoring and assessment activities are investigated as pivotal to prove impact and represent a challenge at the same time lacking standard parameters and a framework to make assessment in the context of RRI effective and sustainable. Finally, indications are detected on how co-creation may trigger and foster organizational transformation trough the embedding of novel methods and tools and challenging existing structures.