Conference: Research integrity and research freedom – what is the difference, and why does it matter?
Online HEPP event by Lise Degn and Susan Wright, Aarhus University. The event is free and open to all.
Info about event
Time
Location
Online. A Zoom-link will be shared with the participants closer to the event.
Time: November 13th, 2020, at 10:00 – 15:30 Central European Time (CET)
Notice: Because of the COVID-19 situation, the conference will be fully online on Zoom.
If you have planned to attend in person in Aarhus, please join us online instead.
The team behind the Practicing Integrity project and the DUN Special Interest Group on Higher Education Policy and Practice would like to invite you to a one-day conference on the theme of academic freedom and academic integrity.
Abstract
For the past decade, much focus has been put on research integrity or the responsible conduct of research – both nationally, e.g. through the development of the National Code of Conduct, and internationally, e.g. by the EU. The public debate on research integrity in Denmark, however, has for a while become increasingly intertwined with – or perhaps even absorbed by – the debate on research freedom. Scandals that originated as integrity scandals are increasingly discussed as really being about academic freedom, and the work to implement policies on research integrity seem to have been slowed down by this renewed focus on freedom. But what is the difference between integrity and freedom of research? And do we strengthen one, by protecting the other?
Aim
The conference aims to bring together scholars, practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders that are concerned with issues of research integrity and research freedom to discuss both how the concepts have developed and overlap, but also importantly what they mean for our everyday lives and practices in academia and beyond.