Course Identification

Research integrity and ethics
20188012

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Melanie Levy
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Course Schedule and Location

2018
Second Semester
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18/03/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Obligatory instruction courses or enrichment courses: Obligatory; Enrichment; 0.00 points

Comments

Please see the syllabus for special schedule for this course.

Prerequisites

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Restrictions

No

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

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Grade Breakdown (in %)

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Evaluation Type

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

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Syllabus

DESCRIPTION

A thorough awareness of issues relating to research ethics and research integrity are essential to producing excellent research. This course will provide a brief introduction to the demands of research ethics and integrity. It will then focus on the responsible conduct of scientific research and address the core concepts that comprise scientific misconduct. Well-known examples of scientific misconduct will be employed to demonstrate the harms of such behavior.

CONTENT

Meeting 1

  • Introduction to research ethics: locating ethics in research
  • History of research integrity
  • Definitions of research misconduct

Meeting 2

  • Fabrication
  • Falsification
  • Plagiarism

Meeting 3

  • Data management
  • Publication ethics (criteria for authorship, good publication practice, peer review)

Meeting 4

  • Mentor-Mentee relationship
  • Conflict of interests
  • Written exam

 

SCHEDULE

Group A - LIFE SCIENCES 
Sundays, 13:00-14:00, FGS room C
March 18th, March 25th, April 15th, April 22nd  

Group B - CHEMISTRY
Mondays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room C
March 19th, March 26th, April 16th, April 23rd  

Group C - LIFE SCIENCES
Tuesdays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room C

March 20th, March 27th, April 17th, April 24th  

 

Group D - PHYSICS + MATH & CS
Wednesdays: 13:00-14:00, FGS room C

March 21th, March 28th, April 11th, April 25th  

 

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Acquire an overview of the ethics of planning, conducting, and reporting of scientific research;
  2. Comprehend the main standards of research integrity and responsible conduct of research and assimilate their importance;
  3. Understand the issue of scientific misconduct (i.e., fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism), why it occurs and how;
  4. Become familiar with prevention strategies and sanctions of scientific misconduct;
  5. Appreciate the notions of public trust in research and social responsibility of the researcher.

Reading List

  • On Being a Scientist – A Guide to Responsible Conduct of Research, (3rd edition), National Academies Press: Washington DC, 2009.
  • European Textbook on Ethics in Research, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Brussels, 2010.
  • Interactive Movie on Research Misconduct: http://ori.dhhs.gov/thelab

Website

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