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From The Embassy of Good Science
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This MOOC will give you an introduction to research ethics. You will receive a comprehensive overview of the main ethical issues that researchers experience in doing research with human subjects.
The course will give you the tools to apply your moral reasoning in practical, real-life scenarios in research and challenge you to reflect on case studies and provide the tools you need to conduct your own ethical assessment of a research project. Most importantly, you will learn to identify and question your own ethical biases and to build new well-reasoned arguments for your position on different ethical scenarios.
The course offers a variety of materials to study effectively and interactively. You will learn using case studies, videos, interviews, and discussions. You will engage with the course materials and other participants through exercises and open discussion boards. +
The ''MRC Centre for Research Policy Learning Management System (LMS)'' is an online e-learning platform hosted by the MRC Centre for Research Policy (formerly the Regulatory Support Centre). It provides free training modules aimed primarily at people working in health research, especially those whose work involves human participants, their data, or human tissue. The LMS offers e-learning on good research practice based on the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) standards, including topics like '''ethical conduct, data protection, confidentiality, human tissue legislation,''' and research regulation. Users can create an account, access courses and assessments, and for modules with assessments obtain certificates upon successful completion. The platform also includes additional resources such as guidance documents and interactive learning like board games on GDPR awareness. To use the LMS, individuals need to register and log in, and must allow pop-ups and Javascript for full functionality. +
This is the factual case of a trachea transplant surgeon whose research and practice have made him famous for advancements in transplant medicine. Misconduct investigations, following allegations against him (e.g. for informed consent and relevant safeguarding issues), led to his dismissal. +
In 1951, entomologist Jay Traver published in the ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington'' her personal experiences with a mite infestation of her scalp that resisted all treatment and was undetectable to anyone other than herself. Traver is recognized as having suffered from Delusory Parasitosis: her paper shows her to be a textbook case of the condition. The Traver paper is unique in the scientific literature in that its conclusions may be based on data that was unconsciously fabricated by the author’s mind. The paper may merit retraction on the grounds of error or even scientific misconduct “by reason of insanity,” but such a retraction raises the issue of discrimination against the mentally ill. +
This is a fictional case of an associate professor who, once promoted to his highly expected level, has let the standards of his professional development as well as that of his team, drop. As a result, his department currently suffers in terms of publishing, keeping abreast with research developments, ensuring high teaching goals and appropriate professional training, and securing research grants. +
In this factual case study, two academic journals were suppressed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) because they allegedly have excessively self-cited in order to raise their impact factor. +
Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI) claims that incidences of research misconducts in educational institutes, such as JNU, hurt Indian agriculture, which is sixth in agri exports globally. In 2014, a few researchers at the JNU collected an undisclosed number of vegetable samples from around Delhi, analysed them at the government funded laboratory in the JNU using undisclosed testing methods. +
Read the article linked in the first slide of this course (mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/ai-has-high-data-center-energy-costs-there-are-solutions) by the MIT Sloan School of Management. You’ll learn about the energy and resource demands of generative AI, as well as realistic strategies that reduce environmental impacts while maintaining performance. Then, come back and complete the interactive exercises. +
This study presented a new curricular model on ethics training. With this it provided a foundation for studying ethics in different cultural contexts which would help students develop skills for international research collaborations. +
This document expresses the Manchester University's commitment to ensuring excellent research standards and to prevent and address research misconduct. It clearly outlines the University's expectations both from staff and students, in terms of both setting and adhering to research integrity standards. +
This Web page provides practical guidance for researchers on the creation of a Data Management Plan (DMP) that complies with institutional, funding agencies' and national requirements. +
This Web page provides guidance on what constitutes personal data, the concept of data protection, and its legal, ethical and practical aspects. It includes the main tenets of the GDPR, how to ensure data protection by default, privacy notices, disclosure of personal data and what to do in case of data breaches. +
This document provides guidance on procedures and concepts related to intellectual property (IP), such as identification, ownership, application, commercialization and protection. This could apply to any work created by students or employees of the Manchester University, and it is therefore important to be aware of when and how to apply for IP rights. +
This online training is intended for researchers who handle digital data as part of their research. It consists of several learning units on data management such as protecting sensitive data, organizing data and data management planning, among others. +
Since it has experienced a number of submissions of papers produced by paper mills, Springer has issued some additional submission requests:
- institutional email address
- supplemental original source data
- supplemental immunoblot data
- papers on molecular modelling or molecular dynamics must have pharmacological experiments or they will be rejected
- authors must include the statement that all data were generated "in-house" and that paper mills were not used
- to avoid fake reviews, only referees with institutional addresses will be taken into consideration. +
This micromodule invites researchers and students to reflect on their work in relation to intersectional environmental justice using a visual “Crisis Tree”. The tree structure helps participants position their projects in broader socio-political and ecological systems, connecting research aims, methods, affected populations, and ethical responsibilities. Drawing on examples from Chapter 6 of the Coloring Connections ([https://zenodo.org/records/14258538 Verdonk et al., 2024]), this activity uses systems thinking and intersectionality as practical reflection tools for research design and impact assessment. +
This guide enables Higher Education, Funding and Research Centres (HEFRCs) to explore possible stakeholder engagement strategies that can help to encourage sustainable research and innovation (R&I) practices. It can serve as a concrete roadmap for engaging stakeholders from a wide range of societal groups who are willing to participate in a dialogue on ethical governance.
The stakeholder mapping guide aims to enhance the positive impact of implementing an ETHNA System by developing a governance structure that promotes more responsible research and innovation (RRI) based on citizen and community discourse. Using this guide can thus contribute to ensure that research is more responsive to society‘s needs, values, and expectations. +
As a PhD student in academia, there are difficulties you may encounter in the area of integrity, such as power relations and issues around social safety, authorship, intellectual property, and ensuring academic quality. How can you properly determine the order of authorship? In what way can social safety be improved? How do others deal with integrity issues?
The MOOC "Responsible Conduct of Research" will take you through these topics and provide ideas on how to become a responsible researcher, who feels empowered by knowledge of integrity. 6 modules will guide you in 7 hours through important topics, including examples, a lecture, expert views and experiences and the opportunity to investigate your own research practice.
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A certificate will be provided to participants who completed every part. This course was developed in the [https://community.embassy.science/c/integrity/26 H2020 INTEGRITY project] by Mariëtte van den Hoven, Miriam van Loon, Hesther van Gulick and Eline Borsboom, and funded by EU H2020. +
A researcher in material science has lost several paper to retractions due to figure duplication and data manipulation. +
This document of the Max Planck Society highlights the importance of scientific integrity in research. While not all misconduct can be prevented through guidelines, it aims to make researchers as aware as possible of the ways in which integrity breaches could occur. +
