Schedule of Events

 
Online Seminar

Good Research Practice for (Post)Doctoral Researchers (two-day) [ONLINE-SEMINAR]

Thursday, 29 September 2022, 9:30-14:00
online

The workshop will be held in English and run for two days, on September 29 and 30, 2022.

 

Researchers are responsible for ensuring that their own conduct complies with the standards of good research practice. The seminar will introduce basic issues of research integrity by addressing important guidelines of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and specific regulations of KIT for safeguarding good research practice - relevant for every early career researcher@KIT.

 

A) Basics of Responsible Conduct

  • Introduction: Research, ethical principles and professional ethos of a researcher
  • Basic (inter-)national recommendations and regulations for safeguarding good research practice
  • Research misconduct: Examples, elements of offense, reasons and consequences

 

B) General Responsibilities

  • Quality management: research design, documentation/archiving
  • Publication process, authorship and review of manuscripts
  • Supervision: Expectations/duties/roles
  • Organizational culture: Collaboration, communication, prevention and dealing with conflict
  • Procedures in case of suspicion and relevant contact points

 

C) Important Specific Responsibilities

  • Important prior to any data collection: Authorization or permission relevant research
  • Possible topics (depending on participants’ disciplinary/research background): ‘Research on animals’, ‘Research on humans’ and/or ‘Surveys, interviews, data privacy and security issues in research’

 

Via dialogic inputs, discussion of case examples, single/group work and plenary discussion participants will have the opportunity to discuss and reflect their individual research practice and professional attitudes on being a researcher.

 

This workshop is open to doctoral researchers and postdocs at KIT who are KHYS members.

 

The workshop will be held in English and run for two days, on September 29 and 30, 2022.

 

Technical requirements: To participate in this workshop, you need a stable internet connection, a webcam and a microphone. Participants will receive further detailed information regarding the online-platform prior to the workshop.

Costs/ Payment
For its members, KHYS covers the costs that incur for holding this event.
Speaker
Dr. Christian Dumpitak
iGRAD, Interdisciplinary Graduate and Research Academy Düsseldorf (Part of Heine Research Academies)
Organizer
Nadine Civilotti M.A.
Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Straße am Forum 3
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel: +49 721 608-46202
Fax: +49 721 608-46222
Mail: weiterbildung does-not-exist.khys kit edu
https://www.khys.kit.edu
Number of participants
27
Registration possible from 2022-05-12 10:00 to 2022-09-28 13:00.
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