The Dutch research community was invited to join an online event about topics related to research integrity on October 15, 2020. We were proud to welcome over 500 people to the event, including researchers from many disciplinary fields.

If you missed the event live, not to worry. The entire livestream, presentations and event photos is available for you to watch again here.

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Jointly organized together with

Programme:​

Let’s talk about Research Integrity        

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Organised by the project team of the NSRI and Netherlands Research Integrity Network (NRIN)

Programme with timings related to the video replay:

                        Moderator: Jeroen de Ridder, chair of the Netherlands Young Academy

1:01"                Welcome by moderator

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6:08"              Keynote lecture 

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                        What can universities do to foster responsible research practices

                        Klaas Sijtsma (rector of Tilburg University)

35:55"             Introduction of different topics around research integrity involving early career researchers

                        Politicizing research and its impact on research integrity

                        Bert Bakker (UvA)

52:04"             Research Integrity: what it means to qualitative researchers

                        Roeline Pasman (Amsterdam UMC)

1:07:00"          Relevance of open science practices to research integrity

                        Daniël Lakens (Tu/e)

1:21:26"            Checking robustness of results in four efficient steps

                        Michèle Nuijten (Tilburg University)

1:37:35"           Break

1:41:27"           Keynote 

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                        Why we have too much trust in science

                        Rosanne Hertzberger (NRC Columnist & Microbiologist)

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2:14:17"          Importance of NSRI in times of new Rewards & Incentives (pre-recorded)

                        Jeroen Geurts (president of The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development and                                 member of executive board of the Dutch Research Council)

2:26:08"         Panel discussion moderated by Jeroen de Ridder

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                         - Klaas Sijtsma

                         - Rosanne Hertzberger

                         - Bert Bakker

                         - Daniël Lakens

                         - Roeline Pasman

                         - Michèle Nuijten

2:58:20"         Closing word and official launch of NSRI

                      Gowri Gopalakrishna (VUmc)               

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Background information

Research institutions have the responsibility to ensure that the research it produces is trustworthy, to merit society’s trust and investment in scientific and scholarly research. Particularly when this is funded publicly. Although this is widely recognized, the pressures and dilemmas faced by researchers in the current system of science and research climate do not adequately facilitate responsible research practices. It is also unclear which strategies should be employed to decrease the occurrence of questionably research practices across different domains of research.

Understanding, as best we can, how researchers foster research integrity and where they face difficulty in doing so is critical to appreciate the differences between responsible research practices and questionable research practices. So, let’s discuss openly the triggers for cutting corners or engaging in research misbehavior and about how researchers are navigating the system of science while striving to improve the quality, relevance and credibility of their work;  about what researchers, and research institutions can do to help foster research integrity in The Netherlands and beyond.

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