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Human-centric digital age Technologies, networks and digital and social media are changing the way people think, behave, apprehend neighbouring objects
Human-centric digital age Technologies, networks and digital
and social media are changing the way people think, behave,
apprehend neighbouring objects and their environment in general,
interact and socialize as persons, citizens, workers and consumers.
We need to: Better understand the nature and consequences of these
changes. Explore the two-way interactions between ICT and society.
Lay foundations for future thinking in ICT and for future
regulatory and policy-making activities in the Digital Agenda for
Europe (DAE) areas. Create mechanisms for systematic exchange and
interactions between different actors to integrate this knowledge
into ICT development and deployment.
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Human-centric digital age This objective is NEW. It aims to
support: Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) exploration of
societal issues in the digital age, in order to foster innovation
through a critical accompaniment of ICT. the LEIT approach to
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), by networking SSH
contributions across the LEIT Work Programme. There will be both
R&D&I and CSA-type activities. Please note that SSH is ALSO
called for and supported in other topics of the LEIT programme, as
well as in FET and societal challenges. A note pointing to the
areas where SSH contributions are expected will be available in
December.
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Human-centric digital age R&D activities should explore and
experiment the development or even metamorphosis of fundamental
notions such as identity, privacy, relationship, culture,
reputation, motivation, responsibility, attention, safety, and
fairness in the hyper-connected age. For example: How do humans
cope with information overload and attention scarcity? How to
develop ICT environments enabling to deal with this? How does the
blurring between online world and off-line world affect the life?
How can smart environments support individuals and society? What
should be the norms and behaviours for a hyper-connected digital
world? How could their adoption in the digital culture be fostered?
These are expected to: provide new knowledge, well-founded
transferable results, including innovative concepts and functional
models, which can be exploited in the future research, policy and
regulatory agendas.
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Human-centric digital age The coordination and support
activities should: coordinate and support RRI through ICT and
within ICT R&D&I areas on different parts of the H2020 Work
Programme by efficient exchange of results between SSH research,
on-going R&D&I projects, and relevant areas of
policy-making and regulatory activities. In this context, they are
expected to facilitate community building between ICT developers,
researchers in SSH and other disciplines, and stakeholders for
responsible research and innovation. provide concrete incentives
and motivations for cross-disciplinary collaborations. Promote and
support takeup of best practices for responsible research and
innovation in ICT research and development projects.
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Human-centric digital age We do not seek: Technology-focused
development projects which consider individuals as mere end-users
and aim mainly at improving product usability. Social sciences
studies without concrete linkages to the emergent 'digital literacy
or to ICT R&I&D processes. Coordination actions for
discussion platforms without concrete targets for outcomes and
impacts in linking SSH knowledge to ICT development.
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Human-centric digital agenda - Key actors The SSH community
studying the digital transition. Trans-, inter- and
multi-disciplinary teams focusing on the digital transition with a
view to foster the societal intelligence in coping with, taking up
and/or shaping ICT developments. ICT R&D&I actors ready to
integrate considering the societal response and potential of their
work in the R&D process. Background material: Onlife
initiative, http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-
initiativehttp://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-
initiative