As an historian, professor Herman Paul states that the development of 'virtues' as a characteristic aspect of science, cannot be missed: from ethics, political philosophy, educational theories and epistemology. However, according to Paul, there seems to be a lack of interdisciplinairity and discussion when focussing on virtues. What can, for example, research ethicists and historians learn from each other when focussing on these aspects of scientific practice? 

For her recently published dissertation Towards a Responsible Research Climate. Findings from academic researchers in Amsterdam (available in our Library), Tamarinde Haven conducted an extensive study to analyse the research culture in Amsterdam. During the NRIN symposium in 2020 she briefly explains the design, methods, conclusions and recomendations based on this pioneering study. 

Krishma Labib is a PhD in the SOPS4RI project, a multi partner project existing of an international team of researchers aiming to foster research integrity, by designing a toolbox that translates the aspirational values from codes of conduct in practices and policies. In this presentation Krishma Labib explains the design of the toolbox by focussing on the data she and her team collected based on their discussions with focus groups on education.

dr. Pieter Huistra shows that replication studies in the humanities are not problematic per se: replication of for example historical studies can be feasible and highly relevant. Nevertheless, there are important variations in regard to the conditions studies from different academic discplines should meet, and it is important to highlight these.  

In this 'both controversial and true' presentation, dr. Rik Peels advocates why replication studies in the humanities are useful and desirable, and moreover could be seen as an important virtue in research. Specifically in relation to it's progress.