Responsibility is the founding principle of RESC. Artificial intelligence is one of the most urgent contexts in which this principle must be understood, applied and defended.
The themes explored by RESC are not isolated areas of reflection — they are interconnected dimensions of societies increasingly shaped by algorithmic systems. Decisions that were once exclusively human are now supported, influenced or mediated by technologies capable of affecting access to employment, education, healthcare, justice, public services, finance and democratic participation.
This transformation does not reduce the importance of responsibility. It expands it.
Questions of governance, leadership, transparency, human dignity and democratic trust are no longer confined to political or institutional contexts. They have become central to the design, development, deployment and oversight of intelligent technologies that shape social life.
RESC considers Responsibility Culture an essential condition for ensuring that technological innovation remains human-centred, ethically grounded and democratically accountable. Rather than viewing AI as an isolated technological phenomenon, RESC examines how responsibility is created, interpreted and exercised across the complex interactions between individuals, organisations, governments and technological systems.
This includes critical reflection on algorithmic bias, transparency, human oversight and regulatory frameworks such as the European AI Act — understood not merely as technical issues, but as expressions of broader cultural and societal responsibilities.
For RESC, Artificial Intelligence does not replace responsibility. It makes Responsibility Culture more necessary than ever.