Support for and guidelines on research ethics

Research Integrity Advisors and the Development Specialists offer support for the university staff in questions regarding research ethics.

Research Integrity Advisors

The Research Integrity Advisors of the University of Turku offer confidential and impartial guidance for the University staff on different kinds of problematic situations related to research integrity. The staff may ask for their advice both as a precaution and when suspecting misconduct. The advisors offer support to researchers across faculty boundaries.

You can meet the Research Integrity Advisors personally or contact them by email or phone. However, it is advised that the first contact is made by email.


Collegium Researcher Anni Hämäläinen
Senior Advisor Hanna Lagström
Professor Leo Lahti
Research Coordinator Jarmo Malmsten
Professor of Practice, Centre for Learning Analytics Pekka Räsänen
University Lecturer Helena Siipi
 

Support for ethical review and data protection

The development specialist for research ethics Kirsi Klemelä is responsible for developing and upholding the university’s processes regarding research ethics. She upholds the procedures for handling allegations of misconduct of research at the university. She, and the development specialist Elina Mäntylä offer support in questions regarding ethical review. Both of them act as the preparers and secretaries of the Ethics Committee for Human Sciences.

Development specialist Kirsi Klemelä
eettinen@utu.fi
kirsi.klemela@utu.fi
+358 29 450 3508
+358 50 303 0346

Development specialist Elina Mäntylä
eettinen@utu.fi
elkuma@utu.fi
+358 29 450 2780
+358 50 478 0425

The lawyers offer support in matters related to data protection and the data protection officer in matters related to the impact assessment of the research.

Lawyer Johanna Rauma
johanna.rauma@utu.fi
+358 29 450 4687
+358 46 921 5818

Lawyer Perttu Tuuppa
petatu@utu.fi
+358 29 450 4935
+358 40 094 4282

Data Protection officer Onerva Steudle
dpo@utu.fi
onerva.steudle@utu.fi
+358 29 450 3009
+358 50 490 7736

 

Guidelines on research ethics 

The University of Turku is committed to the guidelines of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK:

The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland 2023 (PDF) 

The ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK guidelines 2019 (PDF)

The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (reviced version 2023 only in English) are followed in projects financed by the European Union. 

Other guidelines 

TENK's recommendations regarding authorship, CV and doctoral dissertations can be found on TENK's website.

Ethical guidelines for research involving the Sámi people in Finland 

Ethical Guidelines for Responsible Academic Partnerships with the Global South (2023)

Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research (European Commission 2024).