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By Rani Lill Anjum

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This forum is an informal place to learn more about research ethics and a safe space to share experiences and dilemmas that one encounters as researcher. Below you find information about upcoming and past meetings and themes. The forum is open for all, and directed toward NMBU researchers at all career stages. Meetings are in English.

Read more about the forum here

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, spring 2025

Tuesday 25 February 12-14:

Why involve stakeholders in research? Introduction by Yevgeniya Tomkiv

Monday 10 March 12-13:30: EXTRA EVENT / LUNCH SEMINAR (different place to be announced, organised by the Sustainability Hub)

Interdisciplinarity in research, introductions by Aasmund Bunkholt (experts in teams) and Rani Anjum (barriers)

Monday 17 March 12-14:

Research collaborations across borders, cultures and values 

Tuesday 8 April, 12-14:

Female Mice in Research: Experience with Female Underrepresentation in Science. Introduction by Ylva Marie Vik

Wednesday 14 May 12-14 :

To be announced

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)

    23 August 2024 How to deal with paper rejection and impossible major revision (Academic Skills)

    10 September 2024 Can science ever be objective? Data gaps, data bias and representation in research (Research Ethics + Theory of Science)

    15 October 2024 Sustainability 'light' and the new EU Green Claims Directive (Sustainability Across Disciplines forum + Research Ethics)

    8 November 2024 Responsible research and innovation (RRI) (Research Ethics)

    21 November 2024 'What you might not know about the PhD but you wish you did' (Academic Skills)

    10 December 2024 Life-work balance and looking after your mental health and wellbeing in academia (Academic Skills)

    12 December 2024 When published research turns out to be wrong (Research Ethics + NMBU Tax Research Centre)

    6 January 2025 Sustainability and expert disagreement. Philosophical bias as barriers for interdisciplinarity (Philosophy of Science)

    7 January 2025 Environmental ethics and nature hierarchies. Should research and decisions based on it be free from values? (Philosophy of Science)

    8 January 2025 Can science ever be objective? Philosophical bias about observation (Philosophy of Science)

    9 January 2025 Complexity, processes and reductionism. Philosophical bias about processes and things (Philosophy of Science)

    10 January 2025 What are the best method for establishing causality? Philosophical bias about causality (Philosophy of Science)

    13 January 2024 Analysing and evaluating risk. Philosophical bias about probability and values (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
  • 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)

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