Program NMBU Research Ethics forum

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When and where?

All meetings are held in the Main Library, Veterinary building, Innsikten, 12:15-13:00 (coffee, tea and cookies from 12:00). After the forum, there's a 1 hour discussion session open for all PhDs and Postdocs, 13:00-14:00. See also MINA400).

Upcoming meetings, autumn 2024

Tuesday 10 September, 12:15-13:00:

Can science ever be objective? Data gaps, data bias and representation of research (Research Ethics and Philosophy of Science)

Introduction by Rani Lill Anjum

Tuesday 15 October, 12:15-13:00

Sustainability 'light' and the new EU Green Claims Directive

Introduction by Anders Gunnar Helle and Meley Rannestad

Friday 8 November 12:15-13:00

Responsible research and innovation

Introduction by Olga Mikhailova

Thursday 21 November 12:15-13:00

'What you might not know about the PhD but you wish you did'

Introduction by some of our best PhD supervisors

Tuesday 10 December 12:15-13:00

Life-work balance and looking after your mental health and wellbeing in academia

Academics experience a number of external and internal pressures, and we talk about how to deal with this to avoid burnout and other health hazards.

Introduction by Rani Anjum

Thursday 12 December 10:15-12:00, NOTE DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE, Clock building U120 (Urbygningen)

When published research turns out to be wrong

How should authors and journals react when their published research is proven wrong? Simen Markussen and Knut Røed (Frisch Centre and NMBU Centre for Tax Research) share their experience with one of the most prestigious journals in Economics.

Contact rani.anjum@nmbu.no to suggest themes.

• Topics of previous meetings

  18. October 2022 Ethical publishing in the age of open access, predatory journals, and career evaluation (Research Ethics)

  8. November 2022 Co-authorship and PhD-supervision - some challenges and tips (Research Ethics)

  6. December 2022 Philosophical bias in science as sources of expert disagreement and barriers for interdisciplinarity (Philosophy of Science)

  31. January 2023 Causality and scientific methods: a source of expert disagreement (Philosophy of Science)

  16. February 2023 Ethical assessment of research - what and how? (Research Ethics)

  16. March 2023 Building a culture for research ethics - the role of the supervisor and project leader (Research Ethics)

  20. April 2023 Ethical dilemmas in research (Research Ethics)

  23. May 2023 Commissioned research or consultancy? Is there a clear-cut difference? (Research Ethics)

  8. June 2023 Can AI technology mimic human intelligence, creativity and learning? (Philosophy of Science)

  25. August 2023 Research ethics and research integrity at NMBU and in Norway (Research Ethics)

  26. September 2023 ChatGPT and implications for research ethics of using AI tools for research (Research Ethics)

  25. October 2023 Cancel culture in research and the quest for truth (Philosophy of Science, Research Ethics)

  16. November 2023 How to survive as an early career researcher in an academic culture of over-work and over-achievement: identifying some internal and external enablers and some barriers (Research Ethics)

  28. November 2023 The ethics of academic authorship and co-authorship. The drive for publishing (Research Ethics)

  8. January 2024 Sustainability & expert disagreement: barriers for interdisciplinarity (Philosophy of Science)

  9. January 2024 Environmental ethics and valuation of nature: bias about values and ethics (Philosophy of Science)

  10. January 2024 Is science ever objective? Bias about observation, realism and relativism (Philosophy of Science)

  11. January 2024 Causal evidencing and scientific methods: bias about causality (Philosophy of Science)

  12. January 2024 Complexity, processes and reductionism: bias about things and processes (Philosophy of Science)

  15. January 2024 How to analyse risk: bias about probability and value (Philosophy of Science)

  1 February 2024 Ethical use of AI tools for research - new guidelines and some practical tips (Research Ethics)

  22 February 2024 Academic writing and publishing: overcoming challenges and avoiding pitfalls (Academic Skills)

  21 March 2024 Societal responsibility of research (Research Ethics)

  11 April 2024 Please don't steal my work (Research Ethics)

  13 May 2024 Using the research ethics guidelines to plan a research project (Research Ethics)

  13 June 2024 When experts disagree, but not over facts. Philosophical bias in science (Philosophy of Science)

Useful resources

• Norwegian National Research Ethics Committees

  Norwegian National Research Ethics Committees (EN) (NO)

  • Responsible use of AI tools

    European guidelines (EN)

• Ethics at NMBU

  Ethics at NMBU (EN) (NO)

• National guidelines

  National guidelines (EN) (NO)

  • Medicine and health (EN) (NO)
  • Science and technology (EN) (NO)
  • Social science and humanities (EN) (NO)
• European guidelines

  • European guidelines (EN) (NO)
  • Ethics in social science and humanities (EN)
  • Identifying serious and complex ethics issues in EU-funded research (EN)
  • Ethics and data protection (EN)

• Data management

  • Datahåndteringsplan – DMP (sikt.no) (NO)
  • Create a data management plan (sikt.no) (EN)
  • FAIR principles for open data (EN) (NO)

• Data protection, consent and confidentiality

  • Informed consent (EN) (NO)
  • Confidentiality (EN) (NO)
  • The personal data act (Personopplysningsloven) (EN) (NO)
  • Responsibility concerning the individual (EN) (NO)
  • Duty of secrecy (taushetsplikt) (EN) (NO)
  • Personal and sensitive data - NMBU (EN) (NO)
• Responsible research

  • The research/societal relationship (EN) (NO)
  • Research and environment (EN) (NO)
  • Research on particular groups (EN) (NO)
• Scientific misconduct

  Scientific misconduct: fraud and plagiarism (EN) (NO)

• Co-authorship

  Co-authorship (EN) (NO)

  • Medicine and health (EN) (NO)
  • Science and technology (EN) (NO)
  • Social science and humanities (EN) (NO)
• Academic publishing

  • Open access publications (EN) (NO)
  • Avoiding predatory publishers (COPE)
  • Identify trusted publishers (Think. Check. Submit)
  • 10 tips for å unngå røvertidsskrift (FEK & forskning.no)
  • The impact factor game (EN)
  • The mysterious case of the bouncing impact factor (EN)
• Applying for ethical approval

  • EU grants guide (pdf download)
  • Types and examples (Scribbr)
  • Cambridge University guide
• Resources for teaching ethics

  Resources for teaching ethics (NO) (EN)

• Forskningsetikk - free magasin

  Forskningsetikk - free magasin (NO)

• NENT

  Føre-var prinsippet. Mellom forskning og politikk (NENT publikasjon, kun på norsk)