Faculty of Science

Responsible Conduct of Research (generic course) to mornings
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5232-26-00-01	There are 49 available seats
	Enrollment deadline: 29/08/2026

Place

Online teaching

Date and time

29.09.2026, at: 08:45 - 30.09.2026, at: 12:00

Regular seats

Lecturers

Mads Paludan Goddiksen

ECTS credits

1.50

Contact person

PhD Administration SCIENCE E-mail address: phdcourses@science.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser

PhD Administration SCIENCE E-mail address: phdcourses@science.ku.dk

Written language

English

Teaching language

English

Semester/Block

Spring Autumn

Exam form

Continuous assessment under invigilation

Exam form

Course participation ; Writting assignment

Grading scale

Passed / Not passed

Course workload

Course workload category	Hours
Lectures	4.00
Preparation	12.00
Project work	7.00
Theory exercises	2.00

Sum	25.00

Enrolment guidelines

The purpose of the course is to inform about current norms of responsible conduct of research and enable reflection on how to apply these norms.
This course is primarily for PhD SCIENCE who are not part of the Fundamentals Package. Students from other faculties and Danish Universities (except CBS), will be placed on the waiting list until the deadline. All others will get a rejection .

The PhD student must be able to:

- describe and discuss various forms of Research Misconduct: Fabrication, Falsification, and Plagiarism.
- describe how to draw the line between Research Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices.
- describe how allegations of Research Misconduct are raised and the principles for handling suspicions of Research Misconduct.
- describe national and international institutions handling Scientific Misconduct or dealing with Questionable Research Practices.

The PhD student must be able to explain and apply norms of Responsible Conduct of Research for the following specific subjects:

- Documentation of scientific results
- Handling and keeping of scientific data
- Authorship
- Conflicts of interest and commitment
- Communication with the public

Learning Outcomes

The RCR teaching lasts one day and consists of four modules. Each module combines a lecture with student interaction.

Each course has about 40 participating PhD students.

Module 1: Overview of the field:
A brief history and a presentation of the institutions dealing with Research Misconduct and Questionable Research Practices.

Module 2: Authorship and the Vancouver Guidelines:
Presentation of the norms regarding publication, various kinds of deviations from these norms, and handling of the many grey zone issues to which the application of these norms give rise.

Module 3: Data Managment .

Module 4: Conflicts of interest, public science communication

Essay:
2 weeks after the Cource the PhD students hand in a 2 page essay (max.) in English in which they describe and discuss an aspect of their work that touches upon one or more of the issues on good scientific conduct that has been covered during the course and in the curriculum. For morer information please see http://ifro.ku.dk/RCR_assignment.pdf

The essay will be evaluated by teachers from the course.

Essays will be marked ‘Passed’ or ‘Not passed’. If the essay is marked ‘Not passed’ the student will receive written comments on how to improve the essay and have the opportunity to have the essay re-evaluated.

Literature

The course curriculum consists of the e-book, RCR – A Danish textbook for courses in Responsible Conduct of Research, by Karsten Klint Jensen, Louise Whiteley, Martin Machmann Andersen and Peter Sandøe (eds.).

You can download the book from Absalon through the invitation you willl receive when you are added on the learning platform.

Location

Online courses are two days from 8.45 - 12.00 both days on ZOOM

Literature

Cancellation policy
• Cancellations made up to two weeks before the course starts are free of charge.
• Cancellations made less than two weeks before the course starts will be charged a fee of DKK 3.000
• Participants with less than 80% attendance cannot pass the course and will be charged a fee of DKK 5.000
• No-show will result in a fee of DKK 5.000
• Participants who fail to hand in any mandatory exams or assignments cannot pass the course and will be charged a fee of DKK 5.000

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