Research Integrity: Good Scientific Practice (for Natural and Life Sciences) - online

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance in the Natural and Life Sciences in the early stages of their doctoral studies.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

Please note that all participants for Research Integrity workshops will first be placed on a waiting list. You will shortly receive a confirmation message if places are available.

 

Objectives

• Enhancing and supporting problem awareness in good scientific practice

• Obeying the rules of good scientific practice during daily research

• Problem identification, evasion and solving

 

Content

• DFG guidelines on Good Scientific Practice

• History, basic rules and recommendations

• Conflict in academia

• Ethical aspects of academic research

• Research involving humans and derived data

• Documentation

• Intellectual property: citing and using IP

• Creating new intellectual property

• Critically reflecting your steps

 

Methods

The workshop will pick up existing problems and work on solutions using a mixture of „ex-cathedra“ teaching, jointed and group phases. Results will be documented and circulated.

 

Further Information

Doctoral researchers from Universität Potsdam are welcome to participate.
Postdocs are welcome to participate if spots are available.

 

This workshop comprises 8 workunits.