The School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) at Arizona State University is a transdisciplinary unit at the vanguard of ASU’s commitment to linking innovation to public value. We are pursuing a vision of responsible innovation that anticipates challenges and opportunities, integrates diverse knowledge and perspectives, and engages broad audiences. We contribute to changing the world through innovation by inspiring fresh thinking about better futures both individually and collectively. By examining the ways we translate imagination into innovation — and how we blend technical and social concerns along the way — we learn to build a future for everyone.

Attention to values is indispensable for the development of technological and institutional innovations that are both socially and morally acceptable. Such values include justice, equity, efficiency, safety, security, sustainability, privacy, transparency, diversity, inclusiveness, and democracy. The Department of Values, Technology and Innovation (VTI) at Delft University of Technology takes a comprehensive approach to engineering and studies sociotechnical systems from a values perspective. It focuses on the overarching research themes of design for values, responsible innovation, and responsible risk management. The department brings together expertise from economics, safety science and philosophy.