Matthias Görlach
Matthias Görlach


Ombudsman at the FLI

The appointed FLI ombudsman is Matthias Görlach. Its mandate is to advise and assist scientists and scholars in questions of good scientific practice and its impairment through scientific dishonesty. It is the job of the ombudsperson in particular to be available to all concerned as a confidential advisor in cases where there is suspicion of a violation of the principles of good scientific practice.

 

The work of the ombudsman is based on the regulations of the Fritz Lipmann Institute, the Leibniz-Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft:

  • Regulations for ensuring good scientific practice and procedures for dealing with scientific misconduct at the Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
  • Regeln guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis der Leibnizgemeinschaft (angenommen auf der Mitgliederversammlung der Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz vom 15. 10. 1999)
  • Empfehlungen zur Sicherung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis der Leibnizgemeinschaft (verabschiedet am 19. 11. 1998)
  • Recommendations of the Commission on Professional Self Regulation in Science of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG (January 1998)
  • Ombudsman of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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    Additional information

  • Hochschulrektorenkonferenz: Zum Umgang mit wissenschaftlichem Fehlverhalten an Hochschulen (Empfehlung des 185. Plenums vom 6. 7. 1998)
  • Hochschulverband: Resolution des 50. Hochschulverbandstages 2000 "Selbstkontrolle der Wissenschaft und wissenschaftliches Fehlverhalten"
  • Max-Planck-Gesellschaft: Ombuds system, securing proper research conduct
  • Commission of the European Communities: Commission Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and on a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers (11. 3. 2005)

  • On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. 1995)
  • Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Online Research Ethics Course
  • Stewards of Integrity. Institutional Approaches to Promote and Safeguard Good Research Practice in Europe. European Science Foundation (2008)
  • Wikipedia Article on Scientific Misconduct

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    Last update: October 12, 2011
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