Doktorandenforum
Termin: Dienstag, 23.02.2016, 9:30 - 16:30, Raum F425
Thema: Good Scientific Practice
Honorary Speaker: Prof. Dr. Georg Maret, Ombudsmann der Universität Konstanz
Organisatoren: PhD-students of the Department of Linguistics
Kontakt: doktorandenforum.dgfs2016@uni-konstanz.de
Abstract
Good scientific practice is a topic of great importance for anyone working in academia!
When doing a PhD, candidates of course know that their work has to meet certain standards (e.g. when planning and running an experiment, when citing other researchers’ works etc.) and do their best to fulfil them. Some of us are part of a team whereas others more or less work by themselves. Both groups might, however, face problems they might not have expected when starting their PhD.
Even though most people working in academia do their best to fulfil the requirements of good scientific practice this might unfortunately not always be the case. Problems may arise at any point in an academic career; but especially PhD students, who mostly work with people more advanced in their career, may experience conflicts caused by hierarchical relations. Sometimes difficulties also come up when working closely with your supervisor: the fact that we ‘depend’ on them might be part of it. He or she might ask you to work in a way you do not approve of or they might not be happy with the outcome of your work – but what can you do in that case? What if the results of your experiment simply do not tell the story your supervisor wants to hear?
Problems can also come up when publishing a paper: who has done the major part of the work, is your supervisor entitled to be named as co-author just because he provided you with the facilities to run your experiment etc.?
It is the duty of every supervisor to coach their PhD-students! But who do you talk to when things go wrong? What do you do when you have the feeling your supervisor is hardly ever available or does not want to help you? This is tricky because on the one hand you need their help, on the other hand you do not want to argue with them.
Issues like the ones listed above will be addressed in the workshop and the aim is to provide you with possible strategies to overcome them. Every German university has a so-called ombudsman/woman who is a neutral person and an expert concerning everything that is subsumed under the term ‘good scientific practice’.
We are happy that our local ombudsman Prof. Dr. Maret will share his expertise with us on that matter!
There will be enough room to discuss the individual topics (and in addition, your questions as well as possible examples you might be able to provide from your own experience or that of others around you)!
Der Workshop wird auf Englisch gehalten. Participation is free but you should register in advance, as the number of participants is limited! If you want to participate please send an e-mail to the e-mail address below.
Kontakt: doktorandenforum.dgfs2016@uni-konstanz.de
Wichtig: Für alle, die schon Montagabend anreisen, wird es ein kleines Pre-warm-up geben. Bitte teilen Sie uns bei der Anmeldung zum Doktorandenforum mit, ob Sie daran teilnehmen werden.
Programm
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Welcome & Introduction to GSP |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Problems of Power Asymmetry |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Kaffeepause |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Authorship and Competition |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Mittagessen |
13:30 - 14:15 | Proper documentation |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Whistleblowing and Procedures |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Kaffeepause |
| 15:15 - 16:30 | Guideline, Conclusions & Farewell |
