Abstract
Innovation, Inequalities, and Impacts: Countering Non-Anticipated Effects of the European ICT Research
Highlights
This paper addresses the European ICT research regime as an integral part of security research, as it emerged at EU level and after 9/11
ICT research success is premised upon a high-tech solutionist, economistic mantra of innovation after which research policy results are measured along econometric indicators
Three recommendations of institutional/organizational nature are at hand: These are meant to make the ICT/security research governance regime more transparent and legitimate, and more accountable and responsive to the needs and concerns of society, and not merely serve particularistic economic interests
Summary
This paper addresses the European ICT research regime as an integral part of security research, as it emerged at EU level and after 9/11 It focuses thereby on the unequal influence certain stakeholders from the high-tech development industry have on the biased directions of the research agenda. ICT research policy is a core proactive form of public security and social policy, by creating a pool of solutions and measures to be drawn upon in the middle term In this setting, ICT research success is premised upon a high-tech solutionist, economistic mantra of innovation after which research policy results are measured along econometric indicators. ICT research success is premised upon a high-tech solutionist, economistic mantra of innovation after which research policy results are measured along econometric indicators In this respect, reflection upon undesirable side effects of ICT and security-relevant technologies on society is currently methodologically neglected and side-stepped. The lack of agreed-upon, rigorous criteria for evidence, which makes (ex-post) evaluations, and (exante) assessment an arbitrary endeavour, should give place to institutionalization of impact assessment methodologies and practices in the interest of broader segments of society
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