REPORT FROM NATIONAL CASE STUDY Bulgaria Deliverable 8.1. Work Package 8 Project title: Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice (RRI-Practice) Grant Agreement no: 709637 Funding Programme: Horizon 2020 Project Coordinator: Hogskolen I Oslo Og Akershus (HIOA), Norway Project website: www.rri-practice.eu Organisation responsible for ARC Fund the deliverable: Author(s): Zoya Damianova, Marko Hajdinjak, Evgeni Evgeniev, Konstantin Ivanov, Ognian Shentov Date of delivery: 27.07.2018 Dissemination level: PUBLIC Abstract This report presents the findings from the Bulgarian case study, including the reviews and outlooks for ARC Fund (research performing organisation) and the Ministry of Education and Science and the National Science Fund (research funding organisations). 1 Contents 1. Executive summary .......................................................................................................................... 5 2. Introduction: about the report ........................................................................................................ 8 3. Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Analytic approach .................................................................................................................. 10 3.2 National mapping ................................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Document analysis ................................................................................................................ 11 3.2.2 Interviews .............................................................................................................................. 11 3.2.3 National workshop ................................................................................................................ 12 3.3 The organisational studies ..................................................................................................... 12 4. The context for RRI: the national science policy system ............................................................... 14 4.1 General country information ................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Legal and other binding normative frameworks ................................................................... 15 4.3 Political and cultural values and discussions related to STI ................................................... 17 5. Aspects of responsibility in national science policy ....................................................................... 20 5.1 The conceptualisations of responsibility in national science policy ...................................... 20 5.2 The notion of ‘RRI’ in national science policy discussions ..................................................... 21 5.3 Ethics in the national science system .................................................................................... 21 5.4 Societal engagement strategies in research .......................................................................... 22 5.5 Gender equality and diversity strategies in the science system ............................................ 23 5.6 Open access and open science strategies in the national science system ............................ 24 5.7 Science education as integrated in research ......................................................................... 25 5.8 Incorporation of AIRR dimensions into science policy discussions ........................................ 25 5.8.1. Diversity and inclusion ......................................................................................................... 25 5.8.2. Anticipation and reflexivity .................................................................................................. 26 5.8.3 Openness and transparency ................................................................................................. 27 5.8.4 Responsiveness and adaptation............................................................................................ 28 5.9 The integrated or fragmented nature of different responsibility related aspects ................ 28 6. Organisational reviews and outlooks: Research conducting organisation .................................... 29 6.1 Mapping of the organisation ........................................................................................................ 29 6.2 Aspects of responsibility in organisational policy and practice ................................................... 32 6.2.1 The conceptualisations of responsibility in the organisation ............................................... 32 6.2.2 Ethics in the organisation ...................................................................................................... 34 6.2.3 Societal engagement strategies in organisation ................................................................... 37 6.2.4 Gender equality and diversity strategies in the organisation ............................................... 42 6.2.5 Open access and open science strategies in the organisation ............................................. 44 6.2.6 Science education as integrated in research ........................................................................ 47 6.2.7 Incorporation of AIRR dimensions into policies .................................................................... 49 6.3. Reflection on Review findings, Outlooks developed and ways forward..................................... 50 6.3.1 The integrated or fragmented nature of different responsibility related dimensions ......... 50 6.3.2 Final reflections and plan for follow-up ................................................................................ 50 7. Organisational reviews and outlooks: Research funder ................................................................ 52 7.1 Mapping of the organisation ........................................................................................................ 52 7.2 Aspects of responsibility in organisational policy and practice ................................................... 54 2 7.2.1 The conceptualisations of responsibility in the organisation ............................................... 54 7.2.2 Ethics in the organisation ...................................................................................................... 55 7.2.3 Societal engagement strategies in organisation ................................................................... 58 7.2.4 Gender equality and diversity strategies in the organisation ............................................... 60 7.2.5 Open access and open science strategies in the organisation ............................................. 63 7.2.6 Science education as integrated in research ........................................................................ 65 7.2.7 Incorporation of AIRR dimensions into policies .................................................................... 68 7.3. Reflection on Review findings, Outlooks developed and ways forward..................................... 72 7.3.1 The integrated or fragmented nature of different responsibility related dimensions ......... 72 7.3.2 Common barriers or drivers .................................................................................................. 72 7.3.3 Final reflections and plan for follow-up ................................................................................ 72 8. Summary of findings on each responsibility dimension ................................................................ 74 8.1 The concept of responsibility ................................................................................................. 74 8.2 The notion of ‘RRI’ .................................................................................................................. 74 8.3 Ethics ...................................................................................................................................... 75 8.4 Societal engagement .............................................................................................................. 75 8.5 Gender equality and diversity strategies ............................................................................... 76 8.6 Open access and open science strategies .............................................................................. 76 8.7 The inclusion of science education into research .................................................................. 77 8.8 Incorporation of AIRR dimensions ......................................................................................... 77 8.9 The integrated or fragmented nature of different responsibility related dimensions .......... 78 9. Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 80 9.1 Policy recommendations to national policy makers .............................................................. 80 9.2 Policy recommendations to European policy makers ............................................................ 81 9.3 Recommendations to research conducting and funding organisations ................................ 82 9.3.1. Research conducting organisations ..................................................................................... 82 9.3.2. Research funding organisations ..........................................................................................