The Geneva Graduate Institute makes no claims over the data generated through a project, and considers it belongs to the researchers.
We expect the researchers to follow Swiss law, the policies of project funders, and encourage open science whenever possible. Our colleague Céline Vilmen tells you all about legal aspects of research data (copyright, personal data...) in her libguide.
The Research Office provides guidelines and a checklist on research ethics. You can find them on their page, along with a research ethics approval form for project validation.
Ethical concerns may require you to adopt de-identification or specific security practices. Check our guides for more information.
The SNSF expects funded projects to follow best practices of research data management. This includes:
Pilot projects from the Horizon 2020 programme funded by the ERC must provide a Data Management Plan and follow good practices of research data management. It is expected that these requirements will be extended to all projects in the next funding programme.
Diaz, P. (2019). Ethics in the era of open research data: some points of reference. FORS Guide No. 03, Version 1.0. Lausanne: Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences FORS. doi:10.24449/FG-2018-00003
Puebla, I., Lowenberg, D., & FORCE11 Research Data Publishing Ethics WG. (2021). Joint FORCE11 & COPE Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group Recommendations. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5391293
Kara, H. (2018). Research ethics in the real world: Euro-Western and indigenous perspectives. Bristol : Policy Press. ISBN 978-1447344759.
Available from the library under call number 300.723, HEIA 125455.
