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From The Embassy of Good Science
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Based on an extensive consultation process, this guide published by the Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) offers guidelines for researchers, policymakers and organisations who want to create and maintain collaborative research partnerships across boundaries and cultures. The 11 principles are meant to underscore what is important in the process of developing these partnerships, while the 7 questions are meant to help participants better understand the partnerships they are involved in. +
The KU Leuven MOOC “Research Ethics: a guide for responsible research with human subjects” is an online course introducing the ethical principles and challenges involved in conducting research with people. It provides a comprehensive overview of key issues researchers face, such as informed consent, risk–benefit assessment, and ethical decision-making. Through case studies, videos, expert interviews, discussions, and quizzes, participants learn to apply moral reasoning to real-life research scenarios and to critically reflect on their own ethical assumptions. The self-paced course is open to anyone interested, especially students and professionals involved in human-subject research. It aims to equip learners with practical tools to evaluate research projects ethically and to develop well-reasoned positions on complex ethical dilemmas in scientific practice. +
The poster presents an infographic originally designed by ORI, and accentuates five things supervisors can do to promote integrity in their labs or research groups. +
This is an open-access online journal that publishes papers from rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. This journal has a three-stage peer review process. +
Yüz yüze eğitime hazırlık için yapılacak bu ödevler, derste kullanılacak kavramlara (araştırma doğruluğuyla ilişkili erdemler, değerler, normlar, ahlaki ikilem ve ahlaki çatışma gibi) ilişkin temel bir anlayış oluşturmakta ve sizi yüz yüze oturumlarda karşılaşacağınız alıştırmalara hazırlamaktadır. +
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This online course aims to "provide researchers with a better understanding of their obligations and responsibilities, along with practical advice on how to deal with the complex situations in which they may find themselves". It consists of five modules, and has five discipline oriented versions. This course is only accessible for researchers at the KU Leuven. +
This tool provides with information regarding general laboratory safety, mentoring and training, writing skills, notebook and data management as well as administrative and fiscal management. +
Commentary on the Anil Potti case discussing relevant institutional changes in avoiding such misconduct. Potti was a researcher of cancer genomics at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. His studies had linked changes in the expression of patients' genes with how they responded to cancer treatments, and independent statisticians had raised concerns about published papers linked to the work before clinical trials were initiated based on them. As the commentary highlights, there were a list of failures in the system of research oversight and integrity at the research institution, which must be corrected. +
This guideline, developed by the Latvian Academy of Sciences, lays down the different aspects of scientific integrity to be adopted by all researchers. +
This law, adopted in 2011, established the office of the Controller of Academic Ethics in Lithuania, and describes the various functions, responsibilities and tasks of this office. +
This legislation, adopted in 2009, provides for the establishment, management, recognition, quality assurance and financing of all scientific education and research in Lithuania. Besides being binding on institutions, it also contains a section on the rights and duties of individual researchers. +
This module introduces a collection of learning cards developed by the EU funded initiative Path2Integrity. The following training material can be used within and/or outside the academic environment. +
This module introduces a collection of research ethics and integrity games developed by EU funded initiatives to deepen engagement with and reflection on research ethics and integrity topics. Research ethics and integrity games provide a dynamic approach to teaching responsible conduct of research. By simulating real-world challenges and dilemmas, these games encourage active participation and critical thinking in a gamified way. They create an engaging learning environment where players can explore complex questions in a safe, informal and interactive setting.
The games presented here can be used within and/or outside of the academic environment. The games presented here have been developed by the following EU-funded initiatives: INTEGRITY, BRIDGE, and VIRT2UE.
For each game developed by each project the target audience is indicated. +
This module introduces a collection of research ethics and integrity games developed by EU funded initiatives to deepen engagement with and reflection on research ethics and integrity topics. Research ethics and integrity games provide a dynamic approach to teaching responsible conduct of research. By simulating real-world challenges and dilemmas, these games encourage active participation and critical thinking in a gamified way. They create an engaging learning environment where players can explore complex questions in a safe, informal and interactive setting.
The games presented here can be used within and/or outside of the academic environment. The games presented here have been developed by the following EU-funded initiatives: INTEGRITY, BRIDGE, and VIRT2UE.
For each game developed by each project the target audience is indicated. +
This module introduces training materials developed to learn about responsible supervision and mentorship. These are designed to equip researchers and academic professionals with the skills needed to foster ethical and responsible mentoring relationships. By supporting good supervision practices, these materials contribute to the development of a good research environment and responsible practice of research. The materials presented have been developed by EU-funded initiatives, namely INTEGRITY, RID-SSISS, VIRT2UE, and Bridge.
For each set of materials developed by each project, the target audience is indicated. +
This module introduces training materials developed to learn about responsible supervision and mentorship. These are designed to equip researchers and academic professionals with the skills needed to foster ethical and responsible mentoring relationships. By supporting good supervision practices, these materials contribute to the development of a good research environment and responsible practice of research. The materials presented have been developed by EU-funded initiatives, namely INTEGRITY, RID-SSISS, VIRT2UE, and Bridge.
For each set of materials developed by each project, the target audience is indicated. +
This policy brief reports on the experiences of research-funding organisations (RFOs) across Europe that participated in ten pilot activities to explore participatory approaches in research and innovation funding processes. It highlights that involvement of citizens and non-traditional stakeholders enriches the research agenda setting and innovation programmes by bringing in diverse perspectives and societal needs. Key insights include: participatory processes are more complex than traditional ones (requiring flexible planning, careful recruitment, managing expectations and roles, and addressing power-relations). Institutional support and capacity-building (training, facilitation, ethical frameworks) are crucial for success. Concrete examples of pilot cases are given (e.g., a Belgian RFO involving citizens in programme theme-definition;a Norwegian “hub” for citizen participation). The brief concludes with recommendations for RFOs that wish to implement participatory models, emphasising learning-by-doing, resources, governance backing and ethical awareness +
The document 'Charter of ethics and guiding principles of scientific research in Lebanon', developed in 2016 in Lebanon, is a national guideline that addresses the principles of research integrity. Authored by Mouin Hamzé (National Council for Scientific Research), Nayef Saade (American University of Beirut), Fawaz Fawaz (National Council for Scientific Research), and available in Arabic and English, it targets the research community in Lebanon. It provides clear expectations for responsible conduct in research and defines practices that safeguard honesty, transparency, and accountability. The text outlines responsibilities of both individual researchers and institutions. It identifies misconduct such as plagiarism, data falsification, fabrication, and unethical authorship, while also promoting good practices in publication, peer review, and collaborative research. It emphasizes effective data management, openness in reporting, and respect for colleagues, participants, and the wider community. Institutions are encouraged to create supportive environments through policies, training, and oversight mechanisms. The document serves as an official reference for aligning national research standards with international expectations, reinforcing ethical norms across research fields. +
14 Lectures Research Ethics Training Virtual Course
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8T_N2tHeHMPJMXAmOyFCbX6wwzK1iC_&si=lHo3UxM_m65Auiak +
This resource describes the broad range of allegations that can be made against researchers involved in human subjects research, through reference to case law from North America. What unifies these cases described is that, first, a wide range of defendants were named, including principal investigators, university trustees, hospital administration, and medical school leadership. Second, these cases utilized higher standards for researchers than the medical malpractice standards commonly used in clinical settings. Finally, the authors note that these three cases are unusual in that they were argued in court;the majority of research-related cases are settled prior to trial. The article concludes that, although limited, this body of case law informs researchers on specific areas of vulnerability and precautions they must take to minimize legal liability.
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