Ethics, Integrity, and Misconduct in Research
Etik, god sed och oredlighet i forskning

GEM075F, 1.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2018
Beslutad av: Annika Mårtensson
Datum för fastställande: 2018-09-11

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Doctoral Research Training
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: Swedish

Syfte

The course aims to improve doctoral students capacities in research ethics, and provide an understanding of the need of measures that can enhance credibility in research processes. It also aims to foster a critical approach to the participants own research and that of others.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be able to identify reserarch ethical issues in various scientific contexts, including the students own research.
• be able to give accounts for main principles of research integrity, in all stages of research processes.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• be able to give accounts for conditions that may lead to fraudulent research or suspicion thereof, in particular in the students own research context.
• be able to apply legislation and guidelines related to fraudulent research.

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden be able to independently suggest measures that prevent fraudulent research.

Kursinnehåll

Basic ethical principles, the objectives of research, research integrity, fraudulent research (including the Lund University policy on such matters), ethics of research result dissemination (publication), researcher aurthority (incl. issues of outreach), legislation.

Kurslitteratur

VR & ALLEA: The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – ALLEA (All European Academies). VR and ALLEA, 2017. ISBN 9783000557675.
Handed out by the course leaders. In addition God forskningssed, Vetenskapsrådet (2017) is handed out.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, seminarier, övningar, projekt, litteraturkurs som självstudier. The course includes lectures, discussions, group work, and reading of literature. Participants actively analyse research from an academic conduct point of view, in order bto minimize risks of fraudulent research.

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig rapport, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna. 100% attendance is required to pass the course.
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förkunskapskrav: Doctoral students at LTH are eligible to taker the course.
Förutsatta förkunskaper: -
Urvalskriterier: Selection of participants is based on priority of students who took more ects in their doctoral programme.

Övrig information

The cours is part of the general course perogramme for PhD students at LTH. http://www.lth.se/english/staff/teaching-and-research/phd-studies/phd-courses/faculty-wide-phd-courses/

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvariga:
Hemsida: https://www.lth.se/english/cee/doctoral-education-support/faculty-wide-phd-courses/