More than a scientist: how human vulnerability affects research integrity and vice versa

14/10/2024 31 min Episodio 6
More than a scientist: how human vulnerability affects research integrity and vice versa

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Undoubtedly the outlier of this podcast series. While perhaps not at the heart of the concept of research integrity, the choice to highlight humanity in doing science is deliberate. After all, a research integrity culture cannot grow and flourish without vulnerability. Without questioning ourselves, our behaviour, our work, the scientific enterprise. Without addressing those issues that make us push (scientific) boundaries and at the same time, run into (personal) limits. This episode is an intimate conversation about real people, who are also real scientists. We welcome:  Charlotte De Backer, Full Professor of communication sciences at the University of Antwerp, specialized in interpersonal communication and Ernst Koster, full Professor in Clinical Psychology affiliated to the dept. of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University. In this episode, we cover The personal case of Charlotte. Pitfalls of the research profession (academic environment) and the internal mechanisms (personality traits) of researchers, backed up by theory and scientific proof. How these in- and external mechanisms influence our way of working when it comes to research integrity and how we can foster research integrity (more).How these mechanisms evolved over time and how they can/should evolve in the future (alternatives). Specific advice from the experts. ----------------------------------------------------------------This podcast series complements the online training tool 'Mind the GAP, training on Good Academic Practices'. Mind the GAP is an English-language training tool for all researchers and those involved in research, from PhD students to more experienced researchers, to teachers and policy makers.  If you are affiliated with a Flemish university you can find the tool on your institution’s educational platform: Ghent University: Ufora  KU Leuven: Toledo University of Antwerp: Blackboard Hasselt University: Blackboard  Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Canvas Not part of the above institutions? Go to https://mindthegap.vlir.be/ and follow the international version of the tool (condensed version).   The Mind the GAP Podcast was jointly developed by VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council – Filip Colson) and the five Flemish universities (Ghent University – Stefanie Van der Burght; KU Leuven –...