Research Ethics: Research on documents or other material remains

The workshop accompanies lecture “Research Ethics - lecture”. Its primary goal is to acquaint students of the Doctoral School of Humanities at the University of Warsaw with the research ethics on documents or other material remains.

The workshop accompanies lecture “Research Ethics - lecture”. Its primary goal is to acquaint students of the Doctoral School of Humanities at the University of Warsaw the research ethics on documents or other material remains.

Contents: ethical issues related to the research on archival documents, including private ones (letters, personal notes, diaries, photos), access and dissemination, copyrights, image right, right to privacy and personal data protection, memory cult of a deceased person, personal goods and freedom of scientific debate, respect for attitudes, beliefs and practices of diverse communities in research on documents or other material remains.

Intended audience: doctoral students conducting research on documents or other material remains.

 L. Jurek, „Wolność debaty historycznej a ochrona dóbr osobistych w orzecznictwie sądów polskich i Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka”. Studia Prawa Prywatnego 2013, nr 2.

 Inne materiały wskazane przez prowadzącego

 M. Konstankiewicz, A. Niewęgłowski, „Narodowy zasób archiwalny i archiwa. Komentarz”, Warszawa Wolters Kluwer 2016, fragment (art. 16).

 Resnik, David B. 2017. The ethics of research with human subjects: protecting people, advancing science, promoting trust. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg (selections).

 other educational materials provided by the instructor

After completing the course, students:

 know and understand the main developments and trends of their scientific or artistic disciplines (P8S_WG_2),

 are ready to fulfil the social obligations of researchers and artists (P8S_KO_1),

 are ready to initiate activities for the sake of the public interest (P8S_KO_2),

 are ready to support and develop the ethos of scientists and artists by, among others, conducting independent scientific research, and respecting intellectual property rights as well as the principle of the public ownership of the results of scientific activity, (P8S_KR_1).

To pass the course on “Research ethics”, the student must complete two workshops and get a passing grade for the lecture.

Workshops are passed (or failed) on the basis of the student's activity (participation in group work, class discussion, etc). Failure to pass one or both of the workshops makes it impossible to take the final test, and, as a result, to get a credit for the course “Research ethics”

The lecture’s grade is based on the results of a final test. The test covers the material from the lecture and mandatory readings. Only students who (a) attended the lecture and (b) passed two workshops on research ethics, are entitled to take the final test. In exceptional situations, the lecturer may allow a student, who was absent from the lecture (or part of it), to take the final test, provided the student had satisfactorily completed additional tasks assigned by the lecturer (e.g. discussion on the additional readings; additional essay on research ethics) .