About the website

8.5.2020

Responsible research – what is it?

Responsible research promotes reliable and collectively accepted practices of producing, publishing, and assessing research results. It supports the transparency, presence, and utilization of science in society.

Guidelines for ethical review in human sciences

4.5.2020

The ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK guidelines 2019 (plain-text version)

These guidelines are applied from 10 October, 2019. A research organisation may commit itself to following these guidelines by signing the commitment form that is available on the TENK web page, www.tenk.fi.

Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity 3/2019

2nd, revised edition.

Research misconduct

22.4.2020

Violations of good research practices breach the principles of research integrity. They damage the quality and credibility of research and undermine research collaboration and authorship.

These actions may also be against the law, in which case they are investigated also in official or judicial procedures. Differences of opinion and disagreements over theories, methods or interpretations of results are part of academic discourse and generally not RI violations.

An RI violation meets one of the following criteria:

Finnish model of self-regulation

21.4.2020

In Europe, there are several different national approaches available for investigating violations of research integrity. There are also countries which still do not have any national framework. There are basically two courses of action in determining scientific misconduct, investigating allegations and imposing sanctions: a model based on legislation and a self-regulation model by the scientific community.

Members

21.4.2020

Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – office term 1.2.2022–31.1.2025

Members of Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK.

Chair

Professor Riitta Keiski, University of Oulu

Vice Chair