Responsible research
Open and responsible operational culture
The quality of research at the University of Lapland relies on open and responsible operational culture, which has been recognised in our
strategy as part of supporting the wellbeing and communality of students and personnel. In accordance with our open and responsible operating culture, we continuously strive to raise the level of equality and justice even higher in our community. The open and responsible operational culture is the foundation of our principles and commitments for open and responsible research and our code of conduct.
The University of Lapland promotes openness as a basic value in the activities of its academic community. The University is committed to promote the national and international endeavors for openness and responsible research by signing the national Declaration for Open Science and Research and the DORA declaration (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment). The University of Lapland is also a signatory and a member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment – CoARA.
The code of conduct combines the principles and practices for open science, research ethics, research integrity, responsible research assessment, and responsible science communication. Through continuous improvement we aim to support and encourage the achievement of openness and responsible research in the every day practices of the academic community.
Academic peer reviewing is an integral part of our research quality management. The University of Lapland follows the recommendations and guidelines for academic peer review published by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies. In research evaluation we follow the national recommendations for good practice in researcher evaluation, which provide the basis for our guidelines for visibility of research and responsible research evaluation.
Open science at our university
Practices of open science
Our university’s open science policy outlines general practices for scientific openness. It also lays down our publication and data policies.
We wish to promote the use of publicly funded knowledge in scientific and artistic research and in society. One of our societal tasks is to produce information that supports national and international policy making in Arctic issues. Our open science policy supports this task in a sustainable way in terms of both ethics and copyrights.
Contact us
The research development committee monitors the implementation of the open science policy at our university. The committee is chaired by the vice-rector responsible for research.
Sari Lindblom
Vice-Rector Responsible for Research
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi
Ethical review
Does your research need an ethical review?
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.
Request a statement
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.
Contact us
Secretary to the research ethics committee
Hanna Peltomaa
hanna.peltomaa(at)ulapland.fi
+358 40 659 8054
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Research integrity
Promoting responsible conduct of research
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.
Contact
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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Research permission
Research settings that require a research permission from the University of Lapland
If you intend to carry out research on the organisation, personnel or students of the University of Lapland, you need a research permission if at least one of these conditions apply to your research:
- the research requires ethical review
- the research plan includes a request of personal data from the university
No research permission is required if you are asking us to forward a survey invitation or information about the study to the personnel and/or staff, and you are not requesting us to disclose any personal data or documents.
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Data protection in research
As a researcher or student of the University of Lapland, you may process personal data during your research or studies. We have collected information and guidance for data protection in research in here.
The page will introduce you to the basics of data protection in research, lead you to more relevant information and provide some useful tips and templates that are often required.