Ethics and Scientific Integrity for Doctoral Students of D-BAUG

Content

After an introduction to ethics and good scientific practice, students are familiarised with resources that can assist them with ethical decision-making. Students are given the opportunity to apply their knowledge and train their newly acquired skills in an interactive, discipline specific context.

Part I: The self-paced e-learning course consists of 5 modules:

• Module 1: Ethics
  Introduction to moral theory (with emphasis on practical guidance regarding decision making)

• Module 2: Ethics in scientific research
  Introduction to ethical issues that occur within scientific research (i.e. regarding authorship, cooperation, data use and sharing, and other aspects that are subject to scientific integrity and good scientific practice).

• Module 3: Collecting resources
  A variety of tools and resources that help identify ethical issues are presented and explained

• Module 4: Setting up a strategy
  Example examination of a case regarding its ethical scope (students develop their own strategy to examine situations for their ethical implications).

• Module 5: Making decisions
  Different ways of addressing ethical issues are presented and explained (i.e. how to make hard choices or solve ethical dilemmas).

Part II: The second, face-to-face part of this course focuses on discipline-specific aspects in the field of structural systems and natural resources. It provides an interactive learning environment. Students get to apply their knowledge, and they are encouraged to reflect on ethical problems and to critically discuss them with fellow doctoral students.

Learning Objectives

Doctoral students learn how to identify, analyse and address ethical issues in their own scientific research. Furthermore, they are encouraged to reflect on their professional role as scientific researchers.

Duration

Individual study time of 20 hours (online on Moodle) plus two half-days in person. The two half-days in person as f2f-workshops will be in two runs within two weeks. 

Lecturer

Dr. Christian Sailer