Every year the Faculty offers a course on ethics and scholarly integrity. This course consists of weekly sessions, which will address questions related to responsible research conduct, research misconduct, as well as questionable research practices. We will zoom in on a couple of topics in detail, including replication in the humanities, open science, data management, and bias in research. To ensure that the sessions are interactive and insightful, you are required to prepare well for each session by reading the mandatory literature and completing the preparatory assignments ahead of time. At the end of the course, you will submit a portfolio illustrating what you have learned during the course.
Research Integrity – Arts and Humanities
Course Description
Researchers are frequently faced with moral dilemmas such as ‘Should I agree to adding X as an author on my paper or not?’, or ‘Should I write information about research participant Y in my article or should I keep that information private?’. The aim of this course is to equip PhD students to reflect on:
- The purpose, relevance and political situatedness of research, both more generally as well as specifically in their discipline
- Daily research integrity and ethics dilemmas that arise in their research practice.
We start the course by reflecting on the purpose, relevance and political situatedness of research, as well as exploring concepts and practices related to responsible research conduct, research misconduct, as well as questionable research. We then zoom in on a couple of topics in detail, including replication in the humanities, open science, data management, and bias in research. To ensure that the sessions are interactive and insightful, you are required to prepare well for each session by reading the mandatory literature and completing the preparatory assignments ahead of time. At the end of the course, you will submit a portfolio illustrating what you have learned during the course. Please be aware that in addition to the portfolio, attendance during the sessions is compulsory to obtain the certificate needed to complete your education program as a PhD in the humanities.
Study Characteristics
Name of teacher: Krishma Labib
Language: English
ECTS: 2
Start date: September 13
End date: October 25
On campus / Online: hybrid
Academic skill: generic
Available to: All VU PhD candidates (Priority will be given to PhD candidates of the Faculty of Humanities)
Graduate School: GSH
Discipline: research
Total course duration in hrs. : 56
Number of lessons: 6
Anticipated hrs. of study: 44 including preparation of the graduate seminar
Sign op period: Registration closes September 6
With assessment: yes
Assessment type: A portfolio and a peer review assignment
With certificate: yes
Admission criteria: Targeted group: PhD candidates
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
Researchers are frequently faced with moral dilemmas such as ‘Should I agree to adding X as an author on my paper or not?’, or ‘Should I write information about research participant Y in my article or should I keep that information private?’. The aim of this course is to equip PhD students to reflect on:
- The purpose, relevance and political situatedness of research, both more generally as well as specifically in their discipline
- Daily research integrity and ethics dilemmas that arise in their research practice.
We start the course by reflecting on the purpose, relevance and political situatedness of research, as well as exploring concepts and practices related to responsible research conduct, research misconduct, as well as questionable research. We then zoom in on a couple of topics in detail, including replication in the humanities, open science, data management, and bias in research. To ensure that the sessions are interactive and insightful, you are required to prepare well for each session by reading the mandatory literature and completing the preparatory assignments ahead of time. At the end of the course, you will submit a portfolio illustrating what you have learned during the course. Please be aware that in addition to the portfolio, attendance during the sessions is compulsory to obtain the certificate needed to complete your education program as a PhD in the humanities.
Study Characteristics
Name of teacher: Krishma Labib
Language: English
ECTS: 2
Start date: September 13
End date: October 25
On campus / Online: hybrid
Academic skill: generic
Available to: All VU PhD candidates (Priority will be given to PhD candidates of the Faculty of Humanities)
Graduate School: GSH
Discipline: research
Total course duration in hrs. : 56
Number of lessons: 6
Anticipated hrs. of study: 44 including preparation of the graduate seminar
Sign op period: Registration closes September 6
With assessment: yes
Assessment type: A portfolio and a peer review assignment
With certificate: yes
Admission criteria: Targeted group: PhD candidates