4 Dec | Oral evidence to UK Commons Select Committee on research integrity - live on Parliament TV?

[Sasha]

04 December 2017 4:30 pm
Oral Evidence Session
Research integrity

Witness(es)

• Dr Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder, Retraction Watch, and Distinguished Writer in Residence, New York University Arthur Carter Journalism Institute
• Professor C.K. Gunsalus, Director, US National Center for Professional and Research Ethics
• Mathias Willumsen, Special Adviser, Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education (via video-link)
• Dr Ben Goldacre, DataLab, Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford
• Dr Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer & University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth, and Independent chair of Hampshire A (NHS) and MOD research ethics committees
• Síle Lane, Head of International Campaigns and Policy, Sense about Science

Location
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

https://twitter.com/CommonsSTC/status/936602832593149952

https://twitter.com/ivanoransky/status/936231793786793985

ParliamentLive TV (not sure if that's what IO means) is online here: http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

and on actual TV here:

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[guest001]

I'm not sure one would use the word 'integrity' wrt Goldacre given he won't point the finger at his mukkers over PACE.

 

[Esther12]

Sile Lane from Sense About Science is another dodgy one too. Looks like it could be dominated by those who merely present as being committed to research integrity.

 

[Joel]

Sile Lane from Sense About Science is another dodgy one too. Looks like it could be dominated by those who merely present as being committed to research integrity.

This pretty much sums it up for me. Anyone can say that they are about research integrity, high standards, transparency etc. but words are cheap and when you look at what people actually do in terms of actions and in-actions, in some cases you see a contrasting picture. Good to see a committee looking at these issues but it's likely to be limited by its input. Can the public have any input?

 

[Esther12]

Can the public have any input?

They say:

The Science and Technology Committee is currently monitoring the diversity of its witnesses. The Committee values diversity and seeks to ensure this where possible.

• Diversity Strategy 2015–2018
• Science and Technology Committee

We encourage members of underrepresented groups to submit written evidence. We aim to have diverse panels of Select Committee witnesses and ask organisations to bear this in mind when we ask them to choose a representative. We are currently monitoring the diversity of our witnesses.

Inquiry status: open
The deadline for written submissions was Thursday 5 October 2017. If you would like to send a late submission please contact Committee staff.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/c...ies/parliament-2017/research-integrity-17-19/

 

[Adrian]

Sile Lane from Sense About Science is another dodgy one too. Looks like it could be dominated by those who merely present as being committed to research integrity.

There were minutes from the MRC published somewhere (I think as an appendix in a welfare report) where Sile Lane and MRC representatives signed up to saying that FoI and parliamentary questions were harassment. I assume she will give the same message to the select committee that if they ask questions that is harassing researchers.

 

[Joel]

There were minutes from the MRC published somewhere (I think as an appendix in a welfare report) where Sile Lane and MRC representatives signed up to saying that FoI and parliamentary questions were harassment. I assume she will give the same message to the select committee that if they ask questions that is harassing researchers.

 

[Barry]

Can the public have any input?

What, that bunch of troublemakers!

 

[Andy]

The Science and Technology Committee hears from the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO), a charity which provides advice to the research sector on research integrity matters.

• Watch Parliament TV: Research integrity
• Inquiry: Research integrity
• Science and Technology Committee

Witnesses
Tuesday 30 January 2018, Committee Room 5, Palace of Westminster

At 9.30 am

• Professor Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of Trustees, UK Research Integrity Office
• James Parry, Chief Executive, UK Research Integrity Office

At 10.15 am

• Dr Tony Peatfield, Director of Corporate Affairs, Medical Research Council, and Chairman, RCUK Good Research Conduct Network
• Dr Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy, Higher Education Funding Council for England

At 11.00 am

• Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Health Research Authority

The second panel will explore the role of research councils and funding councils in the context of research integrity, and the third panel will consider progress in relation to clinical trials transparency.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/c...ws-parliament-2017/research-integrity4-17-19/