The First Workshop of the ESF MO Forum, Madrid, 17-18 November 2008
The first workshop of the ESF Member Organisation Forum on Research Integrity, From principles to practice: How European Research Organizations implement research integrity guidelines?, took place on 17-18 November 2008 and was hosted by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid (Royal Botanic Garden).
The objectives of the workshop :
To present the present case studies of how research integrity guidelines and codes of conduct are practically implemented and identify in discussions some best practices
To present recent initiatives aiming to foster international collaborations in promoting research integrity.
To discuss the frame of Coordinated Approaches to Research Integrity in Europe and which activities and resources are needed.
Presentations and Additional Materials
Opening and Welcoming
by the Chairs of the workshop: Pere Puigdoménech, CSIC, Spain & John Marks, European Science Foundation
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and its efforts to promote research integrity, Juan José de Damborenea, CSIC, Spain |
Session I: Research Integrity principles and their implementation
Chair: Pere Puigdoménech, CSIS, Spain
Research Integrity approaches in European countries: an overview, John Marks, European Science Foundation | |
National Advisory Board on Research Ethics in Finland, Eero Vuorio , University of Turku, Finland | |
Code of Conduct and Policy on the Governance of Good Research Conduct in UK, Glyn Davies, Research Councils UK, United Kingdom | |
Perspectives of the research community : three statements for Research Integrity, Sebastião J Formosinho, University of Coimbra, Portugal | |
Ethics of authorship in reporting results, Pavel Kratochvil, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic | |
A State preoccupation in France: improving integrity in science: establishing principles, guidelines, and procedures with fairness and at low cost in cooperation with scientific institutions, Jean-Pierre Alix, CNRS, France | |
Investigating Allegations of Research Misconduct: a Perspective from the US National Science Foundation with Case Studies, Peggy Fischer, National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General, USA |
Session 2: International collaborations in research integrity
Chair: Pere Puigdoménech, CSIS, Spain
Investigating Research Misconduct in International Collaborations: Report on the Global Science Forum (OECD) Working Group Recommendations, Christine Boesz, Inspector General of the NSF and co-chair of the GSF Committee, USA | |
Report of the first World Conference on Research Integrity and plans for the second conference – a joint initiative by ESF and the US Office of Research Integrity, Tony Mayer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | |
Report on Efforts to Develop a Global Clearinghouse for Research Integrity (GC4RI), Nicholas H. Steneck, University of Michigan & Office of Research Integrity, USA |
Session 3 : Towards coordinated approaches on research integrity in Europe and beyond
Chair : John Marks, European Science Foundation
Research Integrity in scientific communication, Emma Campbell, Publications Committee of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) | |
A Global Perspective on Research Integrity: recent ICSU activities, Carthage Smith, International Council for Science (ICSU) | |
Research Integrity: the perspectives of the universities, Alan Donnelly (University of Limerick , on behalf of the European University Association) | |
Scientific Red Cards: An initiative to establish an inventory of scientific publications for which research misconduct has been assessed, Claire Ribrault, Scientific Red Card Team, France | |
Promotion of scientific integrity: the role of Academies of Sciences, Pieter Drenth, ALLEA | |
The role of a network of national integrity offices can play, Andy Stainthorpe, United Kingdom | |
The perspectives of research funding organizations and research performing organizations, Alexis -Michel Mugabushaka, European Science Foundation |
Concluding session : the way forward
Joint actions - a discussion basis | |
Joint actions and next steps (conclusions) |
