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(Australia) Suspected fraud cases prompt calls for research integrity watchdog – WA Today (Harriet Alexander | December 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on January 6, 2022
Keywords: Australia, Breaches, Institutional responsibilities, Research integrity, Research Misconduct, Research results

The Linked Original Item was Posted On December 29, 2021

A closed set of handcuffs resting on a set of words related to the concept of fraud.

Australia’s top scientists have called for a research integrity watchdog to oversee investigations into allegations of research misconduct at publicly funded institutions, declaring the age of self-regulation is over.

We agree.  It is high time that Australia has an independent national body to investigate and rule on alleged research misconduct.  Individual institutions have an undeniable conflict of interest in transparently handling allegations and complaints.  Institutions and grant funding bodies should continue to inform reflective practice by researchers in institutions.  The concept of self-regulation is simply no longer fit for purpose.

The Australian Academy of Science is in discussions with the government over its proposal for a national oversight body to work with any institution that has used public funds to conduct research, including universities, think tanks and the private sector, following a spate of academic research scandals.

It would have statutory authority to handle allegations of serious research misconduct such as fabrication, falsification and plagiarism, leaving issues that fell below that threshold to the governing institutions, and hear appeals if the institutions were deemed not to have dealt with matters fairly or in a timely manner.

The academy’s secretary of science policy, Ian Chubb, a former chief scientist and vice-chancellor of the Australian National University, said he was not suggesting universities were in the business of concealing research misconduct, but the rising number of Inspectors-General and Ombudsmen reflected a general distrust for self-regulation and growing support for independent oversight.

Suspected fraud cases prompt calls for research integrity watchdog
Universities have struggled to prosecute allegations of research misconduct, and scientists are calling for an independent body to oversee investigations.

Related Reading

(Sweden) Swedish research misconduct agency swamped with cases in first year – Nature (Holly Else | September 2021)

Research fraud: a long-term problem exacerbated by the clamour for research grants (Papers: Lee Harvey | October 2020)

Toward global standardization of conducting fair investigations of allegations of research misconduct (Papers: Rei Nouchi, et al | May 2020)

Quality of reports of investigations of research integrity by academic institutions (Papers: Andrew Grey, et al | February 2019)

Scandal-weary Swedish government takes over research-fraud investigations – Nature (Holly Else | July 2019)

Make reports of research misconduct public – Nature (C. K. Gunsalus | June 2019)

“Our current approaches are not working:” Time to make misconduct investigation reports public, says integrity expert – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | June 2019)

(UK) British universities fail at research integrity self-regulation – Nature INDEX (Dalmeet Singh Chawla | July 2018)

(UK) UK House of Commons committee wants to make sure “university investigations into research misconduct are handled appropriately” – Retraction Watch (C. K. Gunsalus | July 2018)

(UK) We need more investigations into research misconduct – The Guardian (Norman Lamb MP | July 2018)

Institutional Research Misconduct Reports Need More Credibility (Papers: C.K. Gunsalus, JD, et al | 2018)

Academic misconduct claims: Fresh call for national body – The Australian (Darragh O’Keefe | October 2016)

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