Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training
Scandals involving cases of research misconduct are often considered to be main drivers for policy initiatives and institutional changes to foster research integrity. These impacts of scandals are usually witnessed during scandals’ peak visibility. In this article we change this perspective by exami...
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author | Serge P.J.M. Horbach Rachel Fishberg Sven Ulpts Lise Degn |
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description | Scandals involving cases of research misconduct are often considered to be main drivers for policy initiatives and institutional changes to foster research integrity. These impacts of scandals are usually witnessed during scandals’ peak visibility. In this article we change this perspective by examining the way in which scandals continue impacting academic institutions long after the initial attention has faded. To do so, we empirically study research integrity courses at multiple Danish universities. We combine data from document analysis, participatory observations and interviews. In addition, this article makes a conceptual contribution by introducing the notion of the ‘institutional afterlife’ of a scandal. We use this notion to demonstrate how scandals can affect academic communities and practices long after their initial visibility has faded, by re-entering communities and institutions. We thereby contribute a novel approach to studying scandals and their wider implications in academia. |
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spelling | doaj-art-1d21524610354c37b640d8b4769d28b12025-01-07T13:48:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2414500Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity trainingSerge P.J.M. Horbach0Rachel Fishberg1Sven Ulpts2Lise Degn3Institute for Science in Society, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NetherlandsDanish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Department of Political Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkDanish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Department of Political Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkDanish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Department of Political Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkScandals involving cases of research misconduct are often considered to be main drivers for policy initiatives and institutional changes to foster research integrity. These impacts of scandals are usually witnessed during scandals’ peak visibility. In this article we change this perspective by examining the way in which scandals continue impacting academic institutions long after the initial attention has faded. To do so, we empirically study research integrity courses at multiple Danish universities. We combine data from document analysis, participatory observations and interviews. In addition, this article makes a conceptual contribution by introducing the notion of the ‘institutional afterlife’ of a scandal. We use this notion to demonstrate how scandals can affect academic communities and practices long after their initial visibility has faded, by re-entering communities and institutions. We thereby contribute a novel approach to studying scandals and their wider implications in academia.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414500research integrityresponsible conduct of researchinstitutional responsesPhD trainingresearch misconduct scandals |
spellingShingle | Serge P.J.M. Horbach Rachel Fishberg Sven Ulpts Lise Degn Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training Journal of Responsible Innovation research integrity responsible conduct of research institutional responses PhD training research misconduct scandals |
title | Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
title_full | Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
title_fullStr | Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
title_full_unstemmed | Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
title_short | Thou Shalt Not! – How the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
title_sort | thou shalt not how the institutional afterlife of research misconduct scandals shapes research integrity training |
topic | research integrity responsible conduct of research institutional responses PhD training research misconduct scandals |
url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414500 |
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