Project description
A boost for research ethics
Ethics in research is an essential ingredient for good science. Maintaining high ethical standards is essential to winning public trust in scientific work. However, there are many challenges such as new technologies, increasing international collaboration in academic research and the absence of standardisation across Europe. The EU-funded iRECS project will reinforce the reliability of science by advancing research ethics expertise and competencies. It will improve the understanding of research ethics in Europe and provide interactive, sustainable training programmes. European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity Horizon 2020 project project and the Embassy of Good Science, this project will create a horizontal community unifying research ethics practitioners, policymakers and other stakeholders.
Objective
The research ethics process is facing increasing challenges at a global level: new and emerging technologies present challenges to ethics reviewers who may be unskilled in the relevant fields; increased internationalisation of research has led to fears of ethics dumping; and there is a lack of standardisation across Europe and the world. A key objective of national and EU research policy is to ensure compliance with the highest standards of research ethics. Given the impact of research on society, in terms of potential to generate innovative solutions to problems, and yet with the associated risk of harm, rigorous ethical research conduct is essential to ensure public trust in the scientific endeavour. irecs will address these problems in four ways. First, it will scan and map existing needs raised by new and emerging technologies in European and global research ethics communities. Second, it will produce and implement training materials for European and global audiences in research ethics communities. Third, it will conduct and permanently establish training programmes. Fourth, it will propose adaptations to the research ethics process in Europe. Through a unique blend of expertise, global partners and the involvement of European research ethics networks as partners or members of the Stakeholder Advisory Board, irecs will develop a fresh awareness of research ethics and sustainable, multi-purpose, multi-language interactive training programmes for different users. The project thus extends ENERI and the Embassy of Good Science into a horizontal community of research ethics practitioners, policy makers and other key stakeholders.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
53113 Bonn
Germany
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Participants (15)
1081 HV Amsterdam
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21000 SPLIT
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53225 Bonn
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01513 Vilnius
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6200 MD Maastricht
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157 80 ATHINA
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75015 PARIS 15
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76131 Karlsruhe
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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200433 SHANGHAI
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305 701 DAEJEON
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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6525 XZ Nijmegen
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Dundalk Louth
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0157 PRETORIA
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Partners (4)
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SW1X 7QA London
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LE1 9BH Leicester
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PR1 2HE Preston
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NG7 2RD Nottingham
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