Researcher support

Data management is an essential part of research quality. The purpose of data management is to ensure that research data are easily accessible, interpretable, and appropriately protected during and after the research process.

A data management plan is an essential part of your research plan. The university requires the data management plan to be done in the planning phase of research. Most funders require a proper research data management plan.

Get familiar with the data policies of our university

Making research data related to publicly funded published research openly accessible wherever possible is a prerequisite stated in the University’s data policy. We follow the principle ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’.

You can find our research data management guidelines, services and practices in our guide.

Research data management guide >

In the Library we offer you guidance and teaching on data management life cycle, writing a data management plan. We also help with opening your research data and using open data.

IT services offers you solutions for data collection, analysis and storage during your research as well as in information security.

Legal services helps you with data protection, intellectual property rights and contracts.

Library:

research.library (at) luc.fi

Library’s services for researchers >

IT solutions:

ServiceDesk
servicedesk (at) ulapland.fi
Tel. +358 40 778 5800

Data protection in research

Data Protection Officer
tietosuoja (at) ulapland.fi

Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) has published a short video that will help you to identify if your research requires an ethical review. You will find the link to the video below. If you have any questions, please contact the secretary of our ethical committee.

If your research plan, topic or setting requires ethical review, you can ask our research ethics committee for a statement. The research ethics committee provides statements about the research plans that are submitted to an ethical review by researchers. The review on the research plan and methods is carried out following TENK guidelines. Ethical reviews are intended to cover research in and after the postgraduate phase.

Secretary to the research ethics committee

Hanna Peltomaa
hanna.peltomaa(at)ulapland.fi
+358 40 659 8054

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Our research integrity advisors provide confidential and impartial support in different problem situations concerning research integrity. You may ask for advice and support pre-emptively as well as when you suspect a violation of responsible conduct of research has already taken place.

You can consult the advisor in person, or via phone or email. The advisor has been trained by the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK) and also is the TENK contact person at our university.

Research integrity advisor at the University of Lapland

Hanna Peltomaa
Specialist
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi
Tel. +358 40 659 8054

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