Abstract
(Englisch)
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The 6G4Society project aims to address the tension existing between two parallel needs in terms of
technological development of 6G: 1) securing technology performance objectives, and 2) ensuring
that societal and sustainable values are properly embedded into technology. This will be done by
engaging all key stakeholders within the Smart Networks and Services (SNS) ecosystem, but also by
embracing civil society players, regulators, policy makers, media, and the public at large, to
ensure correct and clear information about the expected impacts 6G technology will produce and
induce is elaborated and disseminated.
To achieve this objective, 6G4Society will apply methodologies from ethics, legal and social
science and humanities (SSH) perspectives, allowing to comprehend socio-cultural aspects and
mechanisms behind 6G technology and lay the foundation for a responsible research and innovation
(RRI) of 6G technology. Based on these methodologies, 6GSociety will provide methods, models,
guidelines, policy options and operation recommendations to develop sustainable and socially
accepted 6G technology and applications.
The 6G4Society results (including a Technology Acceptance Model for 6G technology, a framework of
Key Sustainability Indicators, a policy brief and an operation brief) will be validated with all
6G-SNS JU projects by adopting public and user engagement methodology, as well as by involving the
6G-IA Working Groups and its connected projects. To achieve these ambitious objectives, the
6G4Society project is composed by a consortium with heterogeneous skills and competence, ranging
from SSH and RRI (CEL and PSCE), technology (NOVA, PSCE and EBOS), networking coordination and
management (MAR), communication and stakeholder engagement (D4P). The consortium has large
experience in 5G-PPP/6G-IA projects and initiatives, and its partners have links with more than 20%
of the current JU
6G-SNS initiatives, ensuring a strong cooperation to achieve objectives.
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