Embedding RRI in Higher Education curriculum. Lessons learned from evaluation of the EnRRICH project

EnRRICH is a EU funded project on Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher education. Its main purpose is to improve the capacity of students and staff in higher education to develop knowledge skills and attitudes to support the embedding of RRI in curricula by means of a wide range of activities. After a brief introduction to the project, the paper shortly discusses the RRI methodology adopted for evaluating pilot activities to embed RRI in HE curriculum. The core of the paper presents main results emerging from evaluation research as to the following issues: students’ and teachers’ experience; planning and management of activities; institutionalisation of RRI in curriculum. The paper then discuss the main challenges to embedding RRI in Higher Education through curricula that were faced by EnRRICH consortium members. Emerging recommendations close the paper.