Infographic - SOPs4RI Guidelines on Responsible Supervision and Leadership

What is this about?

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.

Why is this important?

Research institutions, supervisors, and mentors have an important role when it comes to research integrity. Responsible supervision and leadership is necessary to ensure responsible socialization of supervisees into research, engage leaders into research integrity as well as to foster responsible research practices. Supervisors, mentors and leaders can benefit from support from their research institutions in providing responsible supervision and leadership. This guideline presents a set of recommendations to research institutions on improving their institutional supervision structures and giving support to PhD-students and supervisors in developing their supervision skills and give institutions more tools to value responsible leadership. This infographic consists of recommendations on improving institutional support structures for PhD students, supervisors, and leaders. The infographic gives an overview of the key recommendations. The guidelines provide information relevant for research officers, trainers, managers, and coordinators, as well as deans, rectors and other institutional leaders

For whom is this important?

Academic staff

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