Tag: ethics
Consent in research – ethics & privacy (GDPR)
To obtain valuable data & insights, research often involves working with human participants and specific methods and tools to obtain information such as surveys, questionnaires, interviews, standardised tests, direct observations, ethnography, recording experiments with volunteers, physical interventions of all sorts,….
Such human participation requires evidence of the voluntary, free, and …
Read moreName change as a researcher: how do you do that?
You want your research to be easily found based on your name. For some of us, this is not self-evident: the name you used at the start of your academic career might not be the one you actually use or the one you want others to use. As a transgender …
Read moreResearch integrity training: 7 knowledge clips
The knowledge clips on training research integrity: a series of 7 clips
In total there are 7 knowledge clips available on training research integrity. They are all in English.
Knowledge clip 1 - presentation: the basics
Knowledge clip 2 - presentation: the trainer's perspective
Knowledge clip 3 - exercise: the …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 1: the basics
Knowledge clip 1: the basics
Knowledge clip 1 is a general and rather theoretical introduction about what research integrity is, and why it is important, incl. all the technical jargon. Using the ALLEA code, it is explained how researchers can behave in an integer way and what kind of behaviour …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 2: the trainer perspective
Knowledge clip 2: the trainer perspective
In order to make a successful training module, stand-alone or as part of another course, there are some terms and conditions you as a teacher/trainer need to consider, in terms of the design, the content of the training and the characteristics of the trainer. This …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 3: the good researcher
Knowledge clip 3: the good researcher
In the exercise ‘the good researcher’ the trainees identify the characteristics of a good researcher. They are stimulated to explore the different meanings of ‘goodness’, and to reflect on similarities and differences between researchers and research disciplines. As a trainer, you can link the …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 4: the lab
Knowledge clip 4: the lab
This clip contains the exercise “The lab – who and what“. The movie and roleplay “The lab” was produced by the American Office of Research Integrity, ORI. In the exercise ‘the lab’ the trainees identify what is at stake (or at risk) in the event …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 5: the dilemma game
Knowledge clip 5: the dilemma game
The Dilemma Game has been developed by Erasmus University Rotterdam to stimulate awareness of research integrity. The game wants to make trainees reflect on a particular case, a so-called dilemma. They should consider how to act in an integer way whenever they are confronted with …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 6: the middle position
Knowledge clip 6: the middle position
One of the most interesting and meaningful things to do in a research integrity training is to analyse a real-life case. That is: the description of a situation in which researchers are being challenged to act according to the values and norms of research …
Read moreResearch integrity training: knowledge clip 7: closure
Knowledge clip 7: closure
This clip gives some inspiration on how to close or wrap up a workshop or class on research integrity.
It is advisable to watch clip 1 and clip 2 first.
Content links from the clip
The tool often refers to additional interpretation or material …
Read moreResearch integrity: a suspicion of violation– what to do?
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In most cases, we can determine research behaviour to be good or bad, quite easily. This is a lot less clear for behaviour that doesn’t live …
Read moreResearch integrity: ALLEA code – European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
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The ALLEA codeThe European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, is better known in the research community as the “ALLEA code”, simply because it was …
Read moreResearch integrity: Commission for Research Integrity
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There’s no clear-cut definition of research integrity, nor do we have a list of 'does and don’ts' that apply for all researchers, in all …
Read moreResearch Integrity: online training tool Mind the GAP
What and how
'Mind the GAP' is an English-language online training tool for all researchers and all those involved in research, from PhD students to more experienced researchers, to trainers/teachers and policy makers. The focus is on research integrity and the promotion of good research practices in all disciplines.
The …
Read moreResearch integrity: reasons to care
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Why you should care about research integrity
Research integrity is part of quality assurance in research. Doing the right thing always improves quality and it …
Read moreResearch integrity: the slippery slope
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The continuum from good to bad, over unacceptable
Research integrity is part of researchers’ professional responsibility and inherently connected to what we do (or not) …
Read moreResearch integrity: trending topic – paper mills
This section draws on:
the relevant web pages of COPE concerning the paper mill phenomenon. https://publicationethics.org/publishers-perspective-paper-mills + related resources as mentioned on this page.
https://www.enago.com/academy/paper-mills-a-rising-concern-in-the-academic-community/
Current topics are often new and knowledge is subject to further development or deepening. This tip was prepared on the basis of the relevant …
Read moreResearch integrity: what is it about?
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(Research) Integrity
Integrity is about
- doing the right things
- doing things right
- all of this at the right time
- regardless of whether no …