Themes

Networks and projects promoting research integrity

What is this about?

Across the world networks and projects have been established to promote research integrity. These networks and projects aim to foster responsible research integrity practices.

Why is this important?

Effective policymaking, built upon sound research, produces outcomes that benefit society, communities, groups and individuals. If research is flawed by lacking integrity and by being conducted unethically it should be of no use to policymakers. Fraud or corrupt practices by researchers can lead to serious damage to society and the physical environment. Reliable and transparent research, divorced from political ideology and undeclared vested interests, produces robust evidence that benefits social wellbeing and societal progress. Ethical values, principles and standards need to be embedded in the ‘culture’ of research and science policy must recognise that need and the most effective way to support it.

For whom is this important?

All stakeholders in research

What are the best practices?

Networks

ALLEA (All European Academies)
ARCA (Amsterdam Research Climate)
COPE (The Committee on Publication Ethics )
EASE (The European Association of Science Editors)
ENAI (European Network for Academic Integrity)
ENERI (European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity)
ENOHE (European Network of Ombuds in Higher Education)
ENRIO (European Network for Research Integrity Officers)
EOSC (European Open Science Cloud)
EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research)
EUREC (European Network of Research Ethics Committees )
IRAFPA (Institute of Research and Action on Fraud and Plagiarism in Academia)
LARI (the Luxembourg Agency for Research Integrity)
Science Europe
WCRIF (World Conference on Research Integrity Foundation)

Projects

EnTIRE (Mapping Normative Frameworks for EThics and Integrity of REsearch)
FOSTER (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science)
INTEGRITY
INSPIRE (Inventory in the Netherlands of Stakeholders' Practices and Initiatives on Research Integrity to set an Example)
ON-MERRIT (Observing and Negating Matthew Effects in Responsible Research & Innovation Transition)
OpenAIRE
Path2Integrity
Printeger (Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research)
SATORI
SOPs4RI (Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity)
TRUST
VIRT2UE (Virtue-based ethics and Integrity of Research: Train-the-Trainer program for Upholding the principles and practices of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity)
The PRO-RES Framework for Ethical Evidence

In Detail

The PRO-RES Framework is built upon a set of resources that both help to generate ethical research and assess its integrity. The resources are operationalised in a toolbox that includes several means for assessing ethical research. The final ‘pillar’ in the PRO-RES Framework is ‘The Accord’ – a statement of principles for ethical evidence-gathering that individuals, agencies and organisations can sign up to as an assurance of their best intentions when gathering and using evidence to inform policies.

The Embassy editorial team, Iris Lechner, Signe Mezinska, Andrijana Perković Paloš, Ron Iphofen, Joshua Gualtieri contributed to this theme. Latest contribution was Jul 03, 2023

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