Research Integrity: Good Scientific Practice for Natural and Life Sciences

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 of the Berlin University Alliance in the Natural and Life Sciences.

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

 

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

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

 

For workshops held online, participation is allowed under the following conditions: a working camera that is turned on and a microphone to allow active participation in discussions and group work. Headphones must also be used to protect other participants from office eavesdroppers. In this context, we would also like to refer to the rules for digital courses at Freie Universität Berlin (Code of Conduct).