CEE

Research Ethics

The course aims to provide a foundation of research integrity and knowledge of research ethics for doctoral students at LTH that is relevant during the students’ doctoral studies and in subsequent postdoctoral research in academic or other research institutions. The course will deal with typically recurring ethical dilemmas at LTH (f. ex. co-authorship issues, ownership of research outcomes, etc).

To support the intended learning outcomes the course address basic normative ethics, the history of research ethics, the utility or importance of research, risks and burdens for research participants and other affected parties, protection of privacy and personal data, informed consent and kinds of research where informed consent may be difficult to obtain, risk-benefit analysis, ethics review, good research practice, research misconduct, publication ethics, open science and the FAIR-principles, conflicts of interest, the researcher as an authority and ethical aspects of external engagement, relevant legislation, issues arising from doing research at a Swedish authority, and responsible research and innovation.

Course instruction

The course includes lectures, assignments, and literature reading. In addition to the lectures, there will be discussion exercises, group work and independent study of the required reading. Note that this is a course that requires full time study. We kindly ask you to bear this in mind when selecting your course dates.

Admission

To be prioritized in the admission to the course, applicants have to be admitted to a PhD programme at LTH. Doctoral students enrolled from January 1st 2021 and on have the highest priority, as the course is compulsory for these students.

Scope

The course corresponds to 3 credits in third-cycle (PhD) studies (with Pass and Fail as available grades).

Syllabus

Course litterature

The European Code of Conduct for Research Intregrity Revised Edition
(ALLEA 2017). More literature will be added.

Course instructor

Senior lecturer Daniela Cutas, Department of Medical Ethics, daniela.cutas@med.lu.se

Registration

Please note: Doctoral students enrolled from 1 January 2021 have the highest priority to the Research Ethics courses, as the course is compulsory for these PhD students.

This Spring we run three different courses. Note that all courses will run on site at LTH. Schedules below.

There will be new courses running Autumn 2023 - the application for those courses opens in April.

23/1

24/1

25/1

26/1

27/1 (Canvas)

30/1

31/1

1/2

2/2 (Canvas) 13-16

3/2

If there is no other information, meetings take place mornings
9-12, on campus. Your course instructor will provide information on which rooms to meet in. Canvas means you meet online.

13/2

14/2

15/2

16/2

17/2 (Canvas)

20/2

21/2

22/2

23/2 (Canvas) 13-16

24/2

If there is no other information, meetings take place mornings
9-12, on campus. Your course instructor will provide information on which rooms to meet in. Canvas means you meet online.

6/3

7/3

8/3

9/3

10/3 (Canvas)

13/3

14/3

15/3

16/3 (Canvas) 13-16

17/3

If there is no other information, meetings take place mornings
9-12, on campus. Your course instructor will provide information on which rooms to meet in. Canvas means you meet online.

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