The frameworks, in plain English.
Short explainer pages on the three frameworks our training builds on. Read in order or jump in wherever you have the gap. Each is a self-contained read of around five minutes.
AREA 4P framework.
The EPSRC AREA framework (Anticipate, Reflect, Engage, Act) applied across the four Ps of a project: Process, Product, Purpose, People.
Read it → The keysKeys of RRI.
Six concepts that show up in every credible RRI definition: anticipation, reflexivity, inclusion, responsiveness, sustainability, care.
Read it → The modelRRI maturity model.
Five levels of organisational RRI practice, from Absent through Ad hoc, Structured, Embedded, to Transformative. Used by our maturity tool.
Read it →How they fit together.
AREA is the verb set: it tells you what to do at each moment of a project. The Keys of RRI are the qualities that make those verbs land well: an anticipation that is real, not theatrical; a reflexivity that includes the people doing the work, not just an external committee. The Maturity Model is the picture of how an organisation grows in its ability to do all of this routinely, rather than once.
If you only have time for one, read AREA first. It is the smallest unit of practice and the one most of our training begins with.
- AREA 4P framework≈ 5 min read
- Keys of RRI≈ 4 min read
- RRI Maturity model≈ 5 min read
- → Try the maturity diagnostic on a project
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