Introduction to RRI and the Organisational Study

In this Chapter, we detail our understanding of Responsible Research and Innovation as developed through the RRI-practice project. Further, we introduce the theoretical framework for the organisational study and provide details of the methodology of the RRI-Practice study, and organisations surveyed. In the subsequent Chaps. 3 and 4, we discuss drivers and barriers to RRI, how drivers and barriers interact, and how these differ across types of organisations. In Chap. 5, we discuss key findings in the project emanating from the organisational analysis and the neo-institutional theoretical approach.