Research ethics
Uppsala University places great emphasis on awareness of research ethics and compliance with good research practices. Society need reliable scientific results, and it is important that the public has confidence in research. It is self-evident that every researcher should ensure that irreproachable procedures are followed.
The Swedish Higher Education Act stipulates that “higher education institutions shall uphold academic credibility and good research practice”. A university or other higher education institution that is informed about suspected misconduct in research has an obligation to investigate the allegations.
Tools for good research practise
A collection of information and guidelines on good research practice.
Permits and ethical review
The protection of the individual person and respect for human dignity must be the focus of research.
Misconduct in research
How reports about misconduct in research are handled.
Courses on research ethics
Courses in research ethics for doctoral students, researchers, students, supervisors and teachers.
Confidants (‘trusted persons’) for good research practice at Uppsala University
Persons who can assist with support regarding good research practice and ethical review for department officials and researchers.
Medicine and Pharmacy:
- Gunilla Westermark gunilla.westermark@mcb.uu.se
- Olof Eriksson olof.eriksson@ilk.uu.se
- Anna Bill-Axelson anna.bill.axelson@uu.se
Humanities and Social Sciences:
- Andreas Önver Cetrez onver.cetrez@teol.uu.se
- Emma von Essen emma.von.essen@uu.se
Sciences and Technology:
- Reihaneh Dehghani reihaneh.dehghani@uadm.uu.se
- Mikael Laaksoharju mikael.laaksoharju@it.uu.se
Units that can help you with questions about research ethics
- For questions about personal data processing, email the Data prot Data Protection Officer at dataskyddsombud@uu.se.
- For legal support, contact the Legal Affairs Division.
- For lectures or classes in research ethics, contact Centre for research ethics & bioethics.
- For assistance with ethical issues with larger organizational funding proposals from Uppsala University (as regarding national infrastructures or international collaborations), contact Anne-Sophie Fröjmark, at the research support division.
- For strategic issues relating to good research practice, contact the Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor Stefan Eriksson.
- For ethical and legal issues in biobanking, contact Biobank Sweden.
- Questions on handling research data can be addressed to dataoffice@uu.se
The former CODEX website has been discontinued. Some of the content can be found here on Uppsala University's webpages on research ethics.