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Details for the Course Syllabus for Course GEM025F valid from Autumn 2013

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General
Aim
  • The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the most important theories and issues of normative ethics and research ethics relevant to technology and engineering research and to introduce ethical issues related to risk assessments.
Contents
  • Fundamental concepts and theories of ethics, accountability, views on harms and benefits, risks and precaution, fairness, informed consent, regulations on research ethics and ethical vetting, commercial and other special interests, academic misconduct, publication ethics.
    The course starts with an introductory part providing general knowledge of normative ethics relevant to technology and engineering research and then deals with ethical issues associated with risk assessments and key issues, concepts and applications of research ethics.
Knowledge and Understanding
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • have general knowledge of the key theories and issues of normative ethics relevant to technology and engineering research
    have general knowledge of ethical issues related to risk assessments
    be able to identify problems of research ethics in different scientific contexts, including the research carried out by the doctoral students within their PhD programmes.
Competences and Skills
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • be able to analyse ethical issues in technology and engineering research, including the research carried out by the doctoral students within their PhD programmes
    be able to apply current rules of research ethics to research on humans and of different kinds, including (where relevant) the research carried out by the doctoral students within their PhD programmes
    be able to use key concepts of ethics and research ethics in oral and written reports.
Judgement and Approach
  • For a passing grade the doctoral student must
  • demonstrate willingness to discuss ethical issues in their own and others’ research.
Types of Instruction
  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • The course consists of lectures, seminars, group discussions and written assignments.
Examination Formats
  • Written assignments
  • The assessment is based on reports of written assignments. For a Pass on the course, the participant must have attended at least 80 % of the scheduled activities and completed and passed all assignments in the course.
  • Failed, pass
Admission Requirements
  • To be admitted to the course applicants have to be part of a PhD programme at LTH.
Assumed Prior Knowledge
Selection Criteria
  • Priority is given to: 1) PhD students who have previously applied to the course and were eligible at the time, 2) PhD students who are closest to finishing their PhD programmes.
Literature
  • Gustafsson, B., Hermerén, G. & Pettersson, B.: Good Research Practice. Swedish Research Council, 2011.
    European Textbook on Ethics in Research. European Commission, 2010.
  • A selection of research articles and law texts will be made available at the start of the course.
Further Information
Course code
  • GEM025F
Administrative Information
  •  -05-28
  • FN1/Anders Gustafsson FN2/Eva Nordberg Karlsson FN3/Per Tunestål

All Published Course Occasions for the Course Syllabus

3 course occasions.

Course code ▽ Course Name ▽ Division ▽ Established ▽ Course syllabus valid from ▽ Start Date ▽ End Date ▽ Published ▽
GEM025F Technology, Risk and Research Ethics Doctoral Research Training 2013‑08‑29 Autumn 2013 2013‑07‑01 2013‑12‑31 2013‑08‑29
GEM025F Technology, Risk and Research Ethics Doctoral Research Training 2014‑07‑04 Autumn 2013 2015‑01‑15 (approximate) 2015‑06‑30 2014‑07‑04
GEM025F Technology, Risk and Research Ethics Doctoral Research Training Autumn 2013 2018‑07‑07 (approximate) 2018‑12‑31

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