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Capacity Building, Gender and diversity, Research Integrity, Researcher Awareness, Responsibility by Design , , October 3, 2023

Equality in science: a call to reform working conditions for researchers

Anna Holm Bodin No Comments

In their statement on improving the working conditions for early-stage researchers in science, the Human Brain Project’s Diversity & Equal Opportunities Committee highlight the significance of the Human Brain Project and other European science collaborations stressing the importance of equal opportunities, equity, diversity, and inclusion for scientific innovation and excellence is central. It is key…

Artificial intelligence, Compliance, Data Governance, Data Protection, Diversity, Dual Use, Ethics and Society, Ethics Rapporteurs, Events and Publications, Intellectual Property, Neuroethics, Research Integrity, Researcher Awareness, Responsibility by Design October 2, 2023

An overview of the ethical issues across the Human Brain Project

Anna Holm Bodin No Comments

We prepared an overview of the ethical issues across the Human Brain Project, compiled in the context of the Ethics Rapporteur Programme and in our Ethics Trilateral Meetings. In the overview, we summarise some of the ethical issues and challenges identified by Ethics Rapporteurs across the Human Brain Project during the last phase of the…

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Capacity Building, Research Integrity, Researcher Awareness , , July 26, 2023

Raising awareness about research integrity in big projects

Anna Holm Bodin No Comments

According to the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, ‘good research practices are based on fundamental principles of research integrity”. But how can we meet the practical, ethical and intellectual challenges inherent in research with integrity, how do we manage research integrity issues in big research programmes and identify research integrity mechanisms in interdisciplinary…

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Human Brain Project, Research Integrity, Researcher Awareness , July 18, 2022

Transparency, accountability and the management of interests in scientific research projects

Florent Gaillard No Comments

Managing conflicts of interest is particularly important for a large publicly funded research project such as the Human Brain Project. It should not be reduced to a simplistic and narrow compliance requirement; instead, it should be considered through a wider lens as an exercise that encourages reflection on how an individual’s different activities and commitments…