The Research Ethics Committee at Roskilde University

The Research Ethics Committee at Roskilde University has been set up by pro-Rector, by appointment from Rector, to deal with questions of good research practice. The four members of the Committee are appointed by Pro-Rector based on recommendation from the department council at each of the Universty?s four departments. 

The duties of the The Research Ethics Committee are to:

• Help clarify existing standards of good research practice,
• Take steps to ensure a continuous discussion of the standards for good research practice,
• Stay updated, continuously inform and advise on current as well as fundamental challenges of ethics and integrity in relation to conducting research (such as impartiality, plagiarism, co-authorship and academic integrity) and follow the national and international debate on these,
• Present pro-Rector and the Academic Council to new initiatives and pose suggestions on new regulations and guidelines for good research practice,
• Clarify processing competences in relation to processing of cases submitted to Roskilde University regarding research misconduct (handled by the Danish Board on Research Misconduct) and cases of questionable research practice (handled by the Research Ethics Committee at RUC),
• Refer cases of research misconduct to the Danish Board on Research Misconduct and assist the Board's work in this regard, cf. the Act on Research Misconduct, etc.,
• Process cases of questionable research practice and submit a recommendation to pro-Rector (see the Committee's guidelines for dealing with cases of suspected research misconduct and questionable research practice),
• After delegation from the Pro-Rector to carry out research ethics approvals of experiments and research projects or parts of research projects, in cases where there are external requirements for research ethics approval from, for example, the grantor, publication channel or external partner.

The Research Ethics Committee?s Secretariat can be contacted at feu@ruc.dk.