RRI: responsible research and innovation
The I3PT, with its ethical and social commitment, is in line with the principles of the RRI and promotes in its institution an inclusive research and innovation, oriented to the society where its results are desired, ethical and necessary and a research and innovation that is done under the principle of economic and environmental sustainability.
What is RRI?
RRI is the English acronym for Responsible Research and Innovation, which aims to achieve sustainable, ethically acceptable and socially desirable results. It promotes that all involved agents or interest groups work together in the research and innovation process.
The RRI contemplates different agendas necessary to achieve this purpose:
1. Citizen participation: All the actors involved must participate in the research and innovation process, with the aim of aligning the results with the values, needs and expectations of European society.
2. Gender equality: Incorporate the gender dimension into all stages of R&D&I to improve the quality and social impact of the results. Promote gender-balanced teams at all levels of the Institute's organizational structure and integrate this perspective into research and innovation planning.
3. Science education: improve the educational model to provide citizens with the necessary skills and knowledge that allow them to participate in decision-making related to research and innovation, as well as promote scientific vocations and increase the number of researchers.
4. Ethics: take into account the integrity of research by preventing unacceptable practices, as well as promoting reflection on the relationship between science and society to guarantee the ethical acceptance of scientific and technological advances.
5. Open access: promote open access from the early stages of scientific work to improve the quality of research, facilitate faster innovation, encourage constructive collaborations and foster productive dialogue with civil society.
6. Governance: have robust and adaptable governance to respond to the dynamic and unpredictable nature of research and innovation, sharing responsibility among a wide diversity of actors and providing instruments that foster this shared responsibility.
I3PT's RRI policy
LOur Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) policy aims to establish an institutional framework for the development and implementation of the different RRI agendas within the institute.
What have we done at I3PT on every agenda?
Visibility of the Institute and its activity
Participation in external initiatives and projects
Patronage activities
- Development, approval and dissemination of plans and related codes of conduct:
- Equality Plan. (II Equality Plan)
- Family reconciliation measures.
- Selection manual.
- Harassment code.
- Non-sexist language code.
- Adherence to HRS4R and monitoring of the action plan.
- Preparation and monitoring of the gender map at the Institute.
- Outreach program "Women and Girls in Science". (2020)
- Women's Day in Science. XXSS reference scientific campaign. (2021)
- Outreach workshops in Women and Girls in Science schools (2022)
- We promote gender equity in the governing, management and advisory bodies so that it is taken into account in the appointments of members.
- Training in gender equality.
- Adherence to the letter Hypatia of Alexandria.
- Participation in the AQuAS working group for the preparation of a guide to gender perspective in research.
- Participation in the II Gender Summit of the Health Research Centers of Catalonia (2022).
- Participation in the AQuAS working group for the preparation of a guide raising awareness of the gender perspective in research content.
- European project Switch impact of transgender violence.
- La Caixa Banking Foundation Project Building resilience among women: a social neuroscience approach for the prevention of intimate partner violence consequences (IP: Ximena Goldberg).
Dissemination and dissemination of science
- 'Science in 2 minutes' campaign
- "Women and Girls in Science" Program
- Monthly blog publication of the best scientific article published by I3PT researchers
Training
- Resident doctors R & D & I course
- Nurse
Collaborations with schools and universities
- Program "Magnet. Alliances for educational success" with Escola Samuntada, a program promoted by the Jaume Bonfill Foundation, the Department of Education, the Provincial Council of Barcelona and the UAB Institute of Education Sciences
- Collaborations with universities in carrying out final degree and master's theses:
- Collaboration with the Teaching Unit of Medicine at the UAB to promote student participation in research projects. It is encouraged with an award within the annual call for scholarships which the Institute does.
Participation in science and innovation fairs
- Healthio
- Smart City Expo World Barcelona 2019, 2020, 2021
- Fira Transfiere Málaga 2021
Organization of Cycles of Conferences I3PT
Organization and participation of meetings in innovation: XISCAT Coffees, XISCAT Vermouths, Matchmaking ITEMAS 2021 (in vitro diagnostics)
- Publication of codes of ethics:
- Code of Good Clinical Practice.
- Research staff manual.
- Care for the protection of personal data subject to periodic audits.
- Research Ethics Committee, with evaluation and monitoring of all research projects carried out at the Institute.
- Publication of research results with clear criteria for publication, authorship and review. Periodic evaluation of scientific production is also carried out.
- Specific training in good practices related to research and innovation:
- Training in good clinical practices aimed at researchers.
- Training in R & D & I for resident doctors.
- Training in waste for all staff.
- Quality training.
- Treatment of waste, data and material resulting from the researchers.
- UNE 166002 certification for R & D & I management.
- Access to the Digital Repository and Data (DDD) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona to deposit the publications.
- Open and free access to medical material designs validated by 3D printing. Published the catalog of pieces with the technical parameters of design, requirements of material and parameters of impressesion.
- Specific training within the Conference Cycles organized by the I3PT and within the I3PT Training Plan 2022.
- Elaboration of an internal guide of good practices in the management of research data by the I3PT research staff.
- I3PT Open Access Policy.
- Planning under the axes and objectives marked in the Strategic Plan of the Institute that contemplates, among others, aspects of quality and the RRI.
- Composition of the governing bodies with the representation of entities and knowledge necessary for the good governance of the entity.
- Set of advisory bodies for the best decision-making of the governing and management bodies:
- Research Ethics Committee
- Research Committee
- Innovation Committee
- Scientific Advisory Committee
- Equality Committee
- Safety and Hygiene Committee
- Review and update of the new statutes linked to the new structure of the Institute.
- Collaboration in the project H2020 RRI LEADERS led by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation.