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Research Integrity and Responsible Scholarship
Lecture 1: Integrity and quality norms in social science research
René BekkersMay 18, 2015
Graduate School of Social SciencesVU University Amsterdam
Course overview
1. Values; 2. Codes of conduct; 3. Policy; 4. Practice; 5. Reflection.
• But you can read all of this in the course manual. And I assume you have done that already. So instead…
A warm welcome to the research production plant?
Integrity in Five Research Phases
Funds
Ideas
DataPaper
Press
Fostering Integrity
Info
Reflect
Pledge
Practice
Check
Punish
Six abbreviations
1. RM: Research Misconduct2. FFP: Fabrication, Fraud, Plagiarism3. QRP: Questionable Research
Practices
4. GRP: Good Research Practices5. RCR: Responsible Conduct in
Research6. OA: Open Access
Science as a vocation
Max Weber (1919)
ESF / ALLEA code
1. honesty in communication;2. reliability in performing research;3. objectivity: capable of proof and review4. impartiality and independence: from interests5. openness and accessibility: of data6. duty of care: with respect to participants7. fairness: providing references and giving credit,
treating colleagues with honesty8. responsibility for the scientists and researchers
of the future: mentorship and supervision
Integrity in Five Research Phases
Funds
Ideas
DataPaper
Press 7: Fairness1: Honesty
4: Impartiality
6: Duty of care2: Reliability3: Objectivity5: Openness
7: Fairness
Values of the VSNU code
1. Scrupulousness2. Reliability
3. Verifiability4. Impartiality
5. Independence
Not mentioned
1. Integrity2. Responsibility3. Autonomy4. Criticism5. Respect (for authority, property)
Discussion
• How do you know the quality of your work and your judges?
• What are publication practices and norms on co-authorship in your field?
• How should you review and judge the work of others?
• What can go wrong in the PhD candidate – supervisor relation and how to interact with seniors?
Assignment 1
• Formulate a research question that you will answer in your conference paper.
• In the paper, you reflect on a dilemma in current research practice.
• Submit at next week’s lecture, and feel free to ask questions before that.
