The Royal Irish Academy supports efforts to promote and secure research integrity within the Irish public research system. It works closely with the Irish universities and research funders and is closely networked to relevant European-wide networks with an interest in this issue, such as the ALLEA (All European Academies Association).
 

Ensuring Research Integrity in Ireland: a discussion document

Published online: 2010
This report proposes a model to guide the development of an overarching national system to support research integrity across the Irish university system and is informed by the discussions of the September 2009 workshop convened by the RIA, IUA and HRB. This is a joint publication of the RIA, IUA, HRB, SFI and HEA. Download discussion document

RIA/IUA/HRB Workshop: Research Integrity: promoting and building trust

In September 2009, the Academy together with the Irish Universities Association and the Health Research Board and with support from Science Foundation Ireland and the Higher Education Authority convened a Workshop to discuss the development of a national approach to the promotion of research integrity and the effective and fair investigation of research misconduct allegations. A number of the speakers’ presentations are available to download:

• Mr. Torkild Vinther, Norwegian National Commission for the Investigation of Scientific Misconduct, Research Misconduct Scenarios from Europe
• Dr. Maura Hiney, Health Research Board, Implementing Research Integrity Codes of Practice
• Professor Alan Donnelly, University of Limerick, Ensuring Research Integrity: the issues and options for Ireland

Related activities and sites

European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2010)
Fostering Research Integrity in Europe: Executive Report of the European Science Foundation’s Member Forum on Research Integrity (2010)
Towards a European Code of Conduct on Scientific Integrity? ALLEA Consultative Symposium, June 2010
SFI Summit 2010: Workshop on Research Integrity