Research culture and integrity

Research Culture and Integrity is central to the mission of the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (CSCI).

We are committed to achieving excellence in research and are fully aware that the fulfilment of our responsibility to participants in research, research users and the wider community required the highest standards of integrity and ethics.

To maintain high standards of research practice, CSCI upholds the commitments outlined in Universities UK’s Concordat to Support Research Integrity.

More specifically, at CSCI we want to ensure all aspects of research are carried out with:

The highest standard of honesty, rigour, transparency and open communication.
Appropriate ethical, legal and professional frameworks, obligations and standards.
Care and respect for all participants in and subjects of research including humans, animals, the environment and cultural objects.
The accountability for a positive research environment supporting all staff members

Our Ambition

All research within CSCI adheres to the following principles:

Togetherness: Creating an honest and positive environment in which colleagues support each other to succeed.
Fairness: Recognising and valuing different roles and contributions at all levels to a research endeavour. Supporting colleagues to succeed in their chosen career path and to learn about opportunities for various career paths.
Excellence: Delivering to the highest quality in what we do, in research, education and professional services
Openness: Supporting transparency, rigour, and reproducibility by facilitating early sharing of e.g. research data, software, code, and materials to a wider audience.
Integrity: Providing a culture where people are supported to conduct research to the highest standards to increase the quality of, and trust in, the research record.

Research Culture and Integrity Seminar Series

We have a Research Culture and Integrity seminar series covering a range of topics such as research integrity, data management, open access and research ethics. These workshops and seminars are open to all institute and affiliate researchers and will provide training and advice on these important areas in research culture and integrity.

Research Culture & Integrity Committee

The Research Culture & Integrity Committee at the Institute play an important role in the development and implementation of guidelines, procedures and policies related to research culture and integrity, including reproducibility, misconduct, and data management.

The CSCI Research Culture & Integrity committee has representation across all components of CSCI and reports directly to the Strategy Advisory Committee (SAC). Dr Nicola Wilson, Chair of the Research Culture & Integrity Committee, is also a member of the School of Biological Sciences' Research Culture Champions Network and can be contacted with queries relating to the network.