Good Research Practice
Ensuring quality standards in research
As one of the core tasks of their members and affiliates, the University of Duisburg-Essen safeguards the assurance of research quality standards, in particular the truthfulness and precision in research, and a respectful interaction with one another. These are basic prerequisites for academic integrity and form the basis for trustworthy research. The UDE is therefore committed to educate students and researchers as early as possible about the rules and principles of good research practice.
Rules, regulations and contact persons
Academic Integrity for Studies, Teaching and Research
In the Principles of the Safeguarding of Good Research Practice at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Senate decision on 07 July 2004, last modified via regulation of 13 July 2023) the UDE defines its requirements for scholarly quality standards and its understanding of research misconduct.
These principles are binding for all members of the university. Through a wide range of advisory and service support, the UDE helps its students, doctoral candidates, advanced researchers and staff to study, teach and research in accordance with the values and rules of good research practice.
Please find an overview of all UDE mission statements, policies and strategies here.
UDE ombudspersons
Please contact the UDE ombudspersons for a confidential consultation if you have any questions, in the event of conflict or in case of allegations of research misconduct:
You can reach the secretariat for good research practice using the following e-mail address:
Further contact persons
- Zentrale Ombudsstelle für Studierende
- Ombudsman für die Wissenschaft (DFG)
- Ethics Committees at UDE:
- Ethics committee at the faculty of Medicine
- Ethics committee of teh Faculty of Business Administration
- Ethics committee of the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Ethics committee of IZfB
- Ethics committee of the Department of Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science, Faculty of Engineering
- Ethics committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Academic investigating committee
In the event of a suspicion of academic misconduct, the ombudsperson active in the respective case transfers the proceedings to the academic investigating committee. The commission is responsible for clarifying the facts and investigating the allegations of research misconduct. If it finds misconduct, the commission prepares a report for the rectorate and proposes measures to be taken. However, the first point of contact for information on misconduct is always the ombudspersons.
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Current Projects on Good Research Practice at UDE
PlagStop.nrw
As part of the PlagStop.nrw project, the UDE, together with six other universities in NRW, is developing digital offerings for the prevention and identification of plagiarism.
PlagStop.nrw is a cooperative project of the Digital University NRW (DH.NRW) and is funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW).
Digitales GWP-Curriculum.nrw
Under the consortium leadership of TU Dortmund, the universities of Dortmund, Duisburg-Essen and Düsseldorf are developing Open Educational Resources (OER) with the aim of raising widespread awareness for good academic practice.
The funding comes from the MKW NRW's OERContent.nrw funding program, which focuses on the implementation and dissemination of high-quality concepts for digital teaching and learning offerings at universities in NRW.
Online Portal “Research Integrity”
With the 2019 code of conduct "Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice", the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to anchor a culture of research integrity in the German academic landscape that focuses on the professional ethics of researchers. The code comprises 19 guidelines that are designed to describe appropriate standards for scholarly work.
The online portal " Research Integrity" introduces and explains the 19 guidelines. The portal also offers an extensive collection of resources, including general and discipline-specific recommendations, FAQs, link collections and case studies.
Go to the DFG online-portal Research Integrity