Mandatory Doctoral Course: Research Ethics (100% online delivery)
Day 1: Introduction & Ethics Proposal Part I
• Many shades of grey: Moral dilemmas
• How to write an ethics proposal: Informed consent forms
• Ethics approval – An international perspective
Day 2 – Morning: Ethics Proposal Part II
• Filling in an ethics application form for an ethics application
• Reviewing an application for ethical approval (feedback session)
• Case Study Academic Misconduct
Day 2 – Afternoon: Good Practices, Conflicts & Data Handling
• DFG recommendations for safeguarding good scientific practice
• How should (co-)authorship be determined? A discussion of concrete examples (e.g., exchanging authorship favors with colleagues, faculty members demanding authorship on a publication coming out of a dissertation)
• Research Data Management
Day 3: Team Presentations Open Science
o What is open science? An introduction to principles of transparent and reproducible research
o How to publish open access?
o Getting started with pre-registration
o New publication processes to increase transparency
o Wrap-Up: Open Topics & Final Thoughts
Date | Time |
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Wednesday, 20.03.2024 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
Thursday, 21.03.2024 | 08:00 - 18:00 |
Friday, 22.03.2024 | 09:00 - 13:00 |
- Analyze and review the work of others on ethical standards
- Evaluate your own research in terms of ethics procedures
- Plan your data handling and analysis plan for studies
- Critically discuss publications policies
- Consider alternative routes in the publication process
- Conduct open and reproducible research
- … actively participate in the class room (30%)
- … write an ethics proposal for your own research (40%)
- … present an ethics-related topic with your team (30%)