Resources: Good institutional practice guide

6. Resources

6.1 International initiatives and activities

Some examples of relevant international initiatives and activities are as follows:

• In the UK, reports have been produced by several organisations including the Royal Society,¹ the Wellcome Trust,² the Russell Group³ and the Nuffield Council for Bioethics.⁴ These reports have informed the UK Government’s Research and development people and culture strategy, published in 2021.⁵ This strategy sets out initial actions in three priority areas – people, culture and talent.
• UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) approach to supporting a healthy research and innovation culture encompasses actions on open research; bullying and harassment; research integrity; research and innovation culture; equality, diversity and inclusion; and preventing harm in research and innovation.⁶ UKRI’s approach in the area of research innovation and culture is multifaceted and incudes reflecting on its own systems and processes, how these influence the wider system, and improving its understanding of how it can support the whole research and innovation community to create environments that support a positive culture.
• Science Europe produced a Statement on Research Culture - Empowering Researchers with a Thriving Research System (2021), which focusses on the quality of research and its processes, supports scientific freedom, and promotes social diversity and inclusion, acknowledging that these conditions will, in turn, foster a productive research system.⁷
• In 2022, Science Europe launched a Values framework for the organisation of research as a guide to foster a forward-looking research culture within the European Research Area and⁸ Values include autonomy/freedom; care and collegiality; collaboration; equality, diversity and inclusion; integrity and ethics; and openness and transparency.
• The National Institutes of Health (USA) is implementing recommendations from a working group report on changing the culture to end sexual harassment in scientific research settings, which was published in 2019.⁹
• The University of Cambridge Data Champion program.¹⁰
• Reproducibility and Research Integrity (2023). UK Parliament House of Commons Committee Report.¹¹

6.2 Resources

This section provides information about general resources for particular topics, which complement the specific references provided throughout the Guide. The webpage links for these resources are current at the time of publication.

6.2.1 Values

6.2.2 Approaches to implementing institutional change

6.2.3 Role modelling and leadership

6.2.4 Education and training

6.2.5 Institutional resources

6.2.6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers

6.2.7 Rewards and recognition

6.2.8 Communication

6.2.9 Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

¹ The Royal Society (UK) – Research culture. Accessed 21 Nov 2023 from: https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/research-culture/

² Wellcome Trust. Guidance for research organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment [Internet]. Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/guidance/open-access-guidance/research-organisations-how-implement-responsible-and-fair-approaches-research

³ Russell Group. Realising Our Potential Report 2021, and Research Culture and Environment Toolkit. 2022. [Internet]. Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from: https://russellgroup.ac.uk/policy/publications/realising-our-potential-backing-talent-and-strengthening-uk-research-culture-and-environment/

⁴ Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The culture of scientific research in the UK. 2014.[Internet]. Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from: https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/the-culture-of-scientific-research

⁵ UK Government. Research and development (R&D) people and culture strategy. 2021 Jul 22. [Internet]. Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-development-rd-people-and-culture-strategy

⁶ UK Research and Innovation. Supporting a healthy research and innovation culture. [Internet]. Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/supporting-healthy-research-and-innovation-culture/

⁷ Science Europe. Statement on Research Culture - Empowering Researchers with a Thriving Research System 2021. [Internet]. Accessed 21 Jun 2023 from: https://scienceeurope.org/our-resources/research-culture-statement/

⁸ Science Europe. A values framework for the organisation of research. 2022. [Internet] Accessed 27 Sep 2022 from: https://scienceeurope.org/our-resources/research-culture-values-framework/

⁹ NIH. ACD Working Group on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment. [Internet] Accessed 22 Nov 2023 from: https://acd.od.nih.gov/working-groups/sexual-harassment.html

⁹ University of Cambridge. Data Champions. [Internet] Accessed 21 Nov 2023 from https://www.data.cam.ac.uk/intro-data-champions

¹⁰ Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, UK Parliament. Reproducibility and Research Integrity. Sixth Report of Session 2022-23; 2023 May 10.[Internet] Accessed 24 Nov 2023 from: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmsctech/101/report.html

¹¹ Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, UK Parliament. Reproducibility and Research Integrity. Sixth Report of Session 2022-23; 2023 May 10.[Internet] Accessed 24 Nov 2023 from: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmsctech/101/report.html