Good scientific practice
On 9 September 1998, the Assembly of Members of the Helmholtz Association issued recommendations on safeguarding good scientific practice and on procedures to follow in cases of scientific misconduct. These recommendations are based on the “Proposals for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice”, which were published by the DFG (German Research Foundation) in 1998. The Helmholtz Association recommends that its legally independent Helmholtz Centres apply these principles and codes of practice while taking into account their specific situation.
One of the recommendations is that the Helmholtz Centres define rules of good scientific practice for their research fields and establish them as the basis of their research policy. In the resolution, the centres recognise their particular responsibility towards young researchers, whom they teach the principles of good scientific practice and whom they provide with the appropriate supervision.
Each Helmholtz Centre has one or more ombudspersons offering guidance to people involved in conflict situations. A list of the ombudspersons in the individual centres and their details is available here:
Ombudspersons in the Helmholtz Centres
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Prof. Maarten Boersma, maaten.boersma@awi.de
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)
Kontakt
German Cancer Research Centre in the Helmholtz Association (DKFZ)
Kontakt
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Kontakt
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Dr. Sarah Jewell, sarah.jewell(at)dzne.de
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Kontakt
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Kontakt
GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Dr. Haik Simon, h.simon(at)gsi.de
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Kontakt
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
Kontakt
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Kontakt
Helmholtz Center for Information Security - CISPA
Kontakt
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Kontakt
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung
Kontakt
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Kontakt
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health
Kontakt
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Kontakt
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association
Kontakt
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Kontakt
Contact
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- Dr. Cathleen Strauch
- Head Administration
Helmholtz Association
- Berlin Office
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2
10178 Berlin - +49 30 206329-48
- cathleen.strauch(at)helmholtz.de