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This blog post is about two research subjects who received 100 times more caffeine than they were supposed to and were consequently hospitalised. +
Competent supervision and mentoring must be offered to researchers at all stages of their career development. The RIPP must specify procedures and criteria for qualifying as a supervisor or mentor and must include guidelines for supervision and mentoring of researchers at different career stages, with due attention to responsible conduct of research, research integrity and academic leadership should be valued. +
This infographic provides a quick overview of the four guidelines on RI education developed within the SOPs4RI project, focusing on the RI education of 1) bachelor, master and PhD students, 2) post-doctorate and senior researchers, 3) other research integrity stakeholders, as well as 4) continuous research integrity education. +
This resource gives a comprehensive overview of RI-related guidelines useful for research funding organization during the entire funding process. +
These infographics developed by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) provide information on RCR and advises how to handle research misconduct. It is aimed at RCR instructors and and Research Integrity Officers (RIOs) to help them educate their colleagues and students on issues of RI. +
A professor serving at an administrative committee at the university reviews surveys sent to students, faculty and staff regarding issues relevant to the university. The surveys are meant to inform the administration about the opinions of key stakeholders. However, the professor observes that some of the results could be used for a paper about the crisis of the higher education which he proceeds to write. The case study asks whether the surveys should be reviewed by an ethics committee and whether the professor's approach protects human subjects. +
A research team preparing a study of urban poverty decides to hold a pre-test during a conference related to a devoted subject. After the organizers agree, they distribute surveys among the conference participants who may fill them if they want. The case study asks whether the researchers obtained sufficient consent. +
This Micromodule familiarizes participants with the ideas of degrowth, postgrowth, and post-growth-oriented innovation, highlighting the limits of traditional growth and the need for sustainable, socially just approaches. Through interactive exercises, learners will examine the contrasts between growth-focused and post-growth organizations, the concept of convivial technologies, and the social and ecological priorities of degrowth strategies. Activities include comprehension questions, multiple-choice reflections, and True/False tasks, designed to deepen understanding of sustainability, collective action, and equitable innovation. By the end of the Micromodule, participants will grasp core post-growth concepts, critically assess growth-oriented innovation, and identify real-world examples of participatory and sustainable innovation practices. +
This article presents two cases regarding digital surveillance technologies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and describes the privacy implications. The authors conclude that there is a need for privacy considerations in the design of digital solutions and also privacy reflections risk exposing the health of citizens and wasting public resources. +
The Policy Briefs report by the Trust in Science initiative outlines how co-creative and inclusive methods can inform policy recommendations aimed at restoring and sustaining public trust in science. It presents the methodological approach used during the first reporting period, including stakeholder engagement, participatory processes, and mechanisms for integrating societal values into research governance. The brief emphasizes aligning scientific practices with transparency, accountability, responsiveness, and legitimacy. It also discusses challenges encountered such as balancing expert authority with citizen input, managing conflicts of interest, and ensuring that recommendations are actionable and policy-relevant. Throughout, the document seeks to build bridges between science and society by embedding mechanisms for continuous dialogue and feedback, thereby shaping a pathway for future policy briefs. The policy briefs are intended to serve as tools for research funders, institutions, and governments, guiding them toward more trust-sensitive science policy frameworks. +
This project intended to develop models for integrating responsible conduct of research (CRC) into graduate programs. The aim was to help students develop ethical reasoning skills. +
In 2014 we, at COPE received a communication from the Research Integrity Officer of an academic institution informing us that a paper, published in our journal in 2013, included falsified or fabricated data. We were informed that, following an investigation, they had determined that scientific misconduct had occurred.
Within a few days we received a communication from one of the authors of the paper (who is no longer at the institution) reiterating this assertion and providing some further explanation;that a former student had fabricated data and that it affected the paper (but providing no specifics). +
A case about a mentally ill young man who stabbed himself to death in an industry-sponsored drug study. This is a factual case. +
The Institutional Publishing Service Providers Guidelines is a deliverable from the DIAMAS project (''Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication''), published in October 2024. It provides practical guidelines for Author / Editor entities such as university presses, library publishing units, and similar services to help them meet current standards for Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing, as defined in the Diamond OA Standard (DOAS). The document draws on existing resources and earlier DIAMAS (and related CRAFT-OA) outputs, identifying 18 thematic areas relevant to diverse publishing practices. These cover quality assurance, sustainability, editorial independence, metadata, platforms and workflows, and more. The Guidelines are collaboratively written and reviewed by experts from European research infrastructure organisations and will be integrated into the online DIAMAS Toolsuite offering resources, translations (Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian), and links for continuous updating and broad accessibility. +
This is a factual case. +
This study explored whether journals require institutional review board (IRB) approval for manuscripts containing research with humans . The study showed that about half of biomedical research journals in English included in the 1995 Abridged Index Medicus list do not require IRB approval. +
This instructor manual is intended to provide motivation and content for a workshop under title: "Mentoring for Responsible Research." The aim is to empower research faculty to discuss about the RCR and to implement strategies for research ethics mentoring. +
This micromodule accompanies the RE4GREEN guidance document “Toward an Expanded Scope of Research Ethics Committees: Integrating Environmental and Climate Ethics.”
The guidance explores how environmental and climate considerations can be addressed within existing ethics review processes. It emphasises that integration does not introduce new approval layers or regulatory responsibilities, but supports proportionate, context-sensitive ethical reflection.
Learners are invited to read the guidance document first, which introduces key challenges for RECs, explains the evolving normative landscape, and presents a practical reflection tool designed to support ethics review. +
This article describes a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) as an opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in the real research. It provides information on how to integrate ethics into undergraduate education sucessfully on the example of students of engineering. +
Integrating a peer-taught module on practical research ethics into the graduate student orientation curriculum +
This study describes an ethics training for new chemistry graduate students. The authors used real cases and experiences of senior graduate students for discussion of moral issues. +
