Good Scientific Practice - Protecting Research Integrity (Soft Skills Course)
IMPRS CoNI Bootcamp
- Date: Oct 7, 2025
- Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Dr Andrea Kliewer
- Location: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- Room: Charlotte Bühler Raum (C402)
- Host: IMPRS CoNI
- Contact: imprs-coni@cbs.mpg.de
Registration will open a few weeks before the event
Registration:
Doctoral researchers of IMPRS CoNI: via OpenCampus
Interested students from partner institutions of IMPRS CoNI: Please contact imprs-coni@cbs.mpg.de
Maximum number of participants: 23
Course credits: 0.25 ECTS CPs
Conditions: 80% attendance
Goals:
The participants will get an overview about the rules of good scientific practice and the handling with cases of scientific misconduct, and will explore the differences and grey areas of questionable research practice. They will learn about local, national and international regulations and guidelines. It is a goal of the course to create space for reflexions about values and attitudes of science and the role of scientists. The participants will learn to develop appropriate solutions for difficult situations in the process of science.
Content:
The content of the course follows the curriculum “Good scientific practice” and the DFG codex:
- Definitions of good scientific practice and scientific misconduct
- Degrees and extent of scientific misconduct
- Examples for responsible and irresponsible conduct of research
- Data management
- Authorship and the process of publication
- Mentoring and supervision
- Conflict management: how to deal with scientific misconduct Reactions to scientific misconduct
- Local, national and international guidelines and regulations