ECEIA2023
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The registration for the European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia 2023 is open!
The 9th European Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Academia (ECEIA) 2023, with the main theme Enhancing ethical practice, professionalism and integrity for future development, will be hosted by the University of Derby, UK, from 12th to 14th July 2023.
The conference is jointly organized by the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) and the School of Human Sciences of the University of Derby (UoD).
The semi-hybrid conference will run mainly as a face-to-face event with opportunities to listen to all keynote speeches online as well as to deliver or join online to selected sessions.
Due to logistical reasons, the organisers are using two different portals for (a) submitting extended abstracts and registration for pre-conference workshops and (b) registration and payment for the conference. The attendees who wish to submit an extended abstract for presentation (either online or in person) are expected to register on both portals. Of note, attendees may first register and submit their abstracts in the Delegates Area and then fully register and pay for the conference at a later stage. Those who are attending without any submissions, please visit the registration site
NOTE: Attendees are welcome to submit an extended abstract without paying the conference fee. They will be asked to pay for the conference at a later stage, but please note that the Early-bird fees end on 15th March 2023.
NOTE: The conference organisers are pleased to receive over 80 initial abstracts, which are being independently peer-reviewed. We are aiming to complete the feedback by the 1st of March 2023. Please bear in mind that authors are expected to submit the revised, finalised abstract before 15th of March 2023
Download the conference program here!
NOTE: The conference program is subject to changes
The Derby Organising Committee negotiated special conference deals with a range of local hotels in Derby, the full list can be found below. Delegates are encouraged to arrange their accommodation. Please don’t forget to use the special code provided in each hotel option.
Located on the north side of Derby’s city centre, The Leonardo Hotel is only 1.5 miles away from the Kedleston Road campus and 2.1 miles away from the train station.
How to book: Contact the hotel via their official website and enter the ‘UoDEnterprise’ in the promo code box.
Please note that during the conference, a university shuttle bus will operate between the Leonardo Hotel and Kedleston Road campus.
Situated in the heart of Derby, The Stuart Hotel is only a 5 minute walk away from Derby bus station.
More information about The Stuart Hotel
Agreed rates for 11th-14th July 2023:
How to book: email sales@thestuart.com with a reference ‘ENAI Conference’.
Please note that during the conference, a university shuttle bus will operate between the Leonardo Hotel and Kedleston Road campus ( conference venue). Stuart Hotel is 20 mins walking distance from Leonardo Hotel. Delegates staying at the Stuart Hotel are allowed to take the university bus at the Leonardo Hotel.
Located near the Derbyshire County Cricket Club, the Travel Lodge is only 2 miles away from Derby’s city centre. More information about the Travel Lodge (Cricket Ground)
Rooms prices start at £34.99, the lowest in the local area.
Derby train station is located on the south side of the city. There are connecting bus services available as well as taxis available to accommodate you on further travel.
Alternatively, by using the Cab&Go services, you can book a taxi to collect you from the station. The booking needs to be made 2 hours in advance.
Contact details for local transport companies:
Derby bus station is located in the heart of Derby, 35 minute walk away from the Kedleston Road Campus. The University bus (U1) leaves from outside the main entrance of the train station and will take a stop outside Kedleston Road, Derby Campus. This bus leaves every hour and stops in the city centre on the way (easy connection to accommodation sites/additional travel links). Timetable for the U1 bus. If you need assistance organising your bus travel, please contact the Traveline information service: 0871 200 22 33 between 7am-10pm daily.
By Air – the closest airport is East Midlands, located just 15 miles from the Enterprise Centre. This should take around 25 minutes by car. Alternatively, Derby Skylink operates a 24-hour bus service, picking up directly outside the terminal building and dropping off at Derby Bus Station. This service runs every 30 minutes during the day and hourly during the night, seven days a week and takes approximately 40 minutes.
There is no need to book in advance for this service as bus tickets can be purchased from the bus driver or from the airport information desk. Airport bus (Skylink) timetable
Birmingham Airport is connected to Derby Train Station via Birmingham International Station and the free ‘Air-Rail Link’ system.
The Air-Rail Link is free and operates between 05:00 and 02:00 daily, from within the airport terminal you would travel to Birmingham International Station where you would travel to Derby changing at Birmingham New Street. Trains depart regularly from Birmingham International Station to Derby, which takes approximately 1 hour. Trains from Birmingham can be booked via the Trainline website.
The fastest trains from Manchester Airport to Derby take around 1 hour and 52 minutes, covering a distance of around 74 kilometres.
The journey between Manchester Airport and Derby usually involves one change of train.
On average, there are about 52 trains per day travelling between the two cities. They leave approximately every 9 minutes. Trains from Manchester Airport can be booked via the Trainline website.
Please see an example of a travel planner by National Express (coach), which is the cheapest way to travel to Derby and back: link
Please contact Dr Shiva for support letters for visas by providing the following (see below). Please note this is the requirement of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) which also expects a letter from your employer supporting your visit, highlighting its importance to you and your institution with a reassurance that you will resume your duties after the conference
UKBA expects your passport to be valid for at least 6 months after the conference. The visa support letter will include the full duration of the conference (from 12th to 14th of July 2023). Please state whether you are attending pre-conference workshops.
Please click here to download the Word document. We kindly ask you to provide these details and send the form to Dr Shiva
Dr Shiva Sivasubramaniam, Head of Biomedical and Forensic Science, University of Derby, in collaboration with ENAI.
School of Human Sciences Auditorium, University of Derby | Kedleston Road | Derby | United Kingdom
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The City of Derby is recognised as a city of learning by UNESCO. Being named the first city of learning in the UK, it will have opportunities to share knowledge, develop lifelong learning opportunities in Derby, and create new sustainable initiatives.
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A limited amount of financial support from the Council of Europe is available for ETINED delegates, students and early career researchers from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Holy See, Kazakhstan, Monaco, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Turkey and Ukraine and who are unable to participate in the conference without receiving this support.
The applicants must provide a letter of application and a CV.
Deadline: 30th April 2023
Results will be announced on 15th May 2023
Full details: link
ENAI cordially invites nominations for five awards for 2023:
Descriptions of each award, criteria and the nomination process can be found here.
To submit your nomination, please use the nomination form: link
Note: Apart from the ENAI Outstanding Member Award, both ENAI members and non-members may be nominated for awards. Nominations will be accepted via the web portal until 10th April, 2023.
The members of this year’s Awards Working Group (which also forms the core of the selection committee) are Sonja Bjelobaba, Irene Glendinning, and Teddi Fishman (Chair). The committee may invite up to three members from the pool of previous years’ award winners, to serve as additional members of the selection committee, once all nominations have been received.
Note: As of 2022, members of the awards working group (including previous winners recruited to assist in the selection process), are not eligible to receive awards in any year(s) in which they serve on the working group or selection committee.
The winners of ENAI Awards 2023 will be announced during the Gala Dinner of ECEIA 2023. After the awards ceremony the details of the winners will be shared through ENAI’s social media channels (Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin) and website.
Professor Serhiy Kvit
Professor Serhiy Kvit is the President of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine). He founded the Kyiv-Mohyla School of Journalism in 2001 and became the President of the Media Reform Centre that focus on initiating open debate and promoting more transparent media and government policies. From 2005-2010, he was the Chairman of the Consortium of University Autonomy. Professor Kvit also occupied the position of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2014-2016 when progressive Laws “On Higher Education” (2014) and “On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activity” (On Science and Research, 2015) were adopted. He headed the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of Ukraine from 2019-2022. Professor Kvit’s research focuses on educational and media reforms, mass communications, and philosophical hermeneutics; he has published several books and numerous articles.
Professor Michael Draper
Prof Draper is the Deputy Pro Vice-chancellor of Education at Swansea University (UK). He co-chairs the Welsh Integrity and Assessment Network and is an expert consultant with the UK QAA Academic Integrity Advisory Group and the ETINED platform of the Council of Europe. He has published and presented extensively on aspects of academic integrity and assessment. Michael is a practising lawyer by background and is a member of the Law Society’s Education and Training Committee and a member of the QAA’s subject benchmark committee for law. He is also a member of the Outreach and Addressing Contract Cheating Working Groups of ENAI.
Note: Prof Draper is also a panel member of this conference discussing – Academic integrity from the UK perspective (Panel II)
Dr Mary Davis
Dr Mary Davis is the academic integrity lead at Oxford Brookes University (UK). She began researching and specialising her practice in academic integrity in 2005 to respond to student requests for more feedback at a formative stage of academic writing. Since then, she has undertaken numerous research projects in academic integrity, including: the formative use of Turnitin as an educational tool; staff and student understandings of plagiarism; the development of international postgraduate students’ competence in source use (PhD study); the acceptability of re-use of formulaic language; proofreading; inclusion in academic integrity. She is currently leading a QAA-funded collaborative enhancement project among four UK universities designed to improve inclusion and accessibility in academic integrity. In this keynote, she will present her recent research findings and collaborative project resources to demonstrate strategies to make policies and teaching practices more inclusive. These strategies aim not only to engage all students, but also to include everyone in Higher Education, whatever their role, in academic integrity.
Professor Julia Prieß-Buchheit
Prof Dr Julia Prieß-Buchheit is an expert in teaching, research integrity, and open science at Kiel University (Germany). She has an international focus in her research, investigating learning environments and professionalisation in contemporary societies. Additionally, she is experienced in curriculum development and assessment, having previously led the evaluation and didactics team at Coburg University. From 2019 – 2022 she coordinated the Horizon2020 project Path2Integrity. She is currently the chair of the board of the Zentrum für Konstruktive Wissenschaft e.V., an interdisciplinary research group, and a co-founder of the Network for Education and Research Quality. Prieß-Buchheit is also involved in supporting the European Open Science Cloud.
Professor Mariëtte van den Hoven
Professor Mariëtte van den Hoven is a Professor of Medical Ethics at Amsterdam University Medical Center at the Free University of Amsterdam. She has coordinated the H2020 INTEGRITY project (link). Mariette is currently the coordinator of the Netherlands Research Integrity Network (link). Together with Prof. Julia Prieß-Buchheit, she has established an international network on ethics education that will serve as a platform for all involved in teaching and researching education in responsible conduct of research and open science. She has a PhD in Philosophy.
Dr Anna Abalkina
Dr Anna Abalkina is a research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). She earned her PhD from the University of Perugia (Italy). She has a background in international economics, but later she concentrated her research on academic misconduct, plagiarism, paper mills and predatory and hijacked journals. Her research is devoted not only to the detection and analysis of scientific misconduct but also to the explanation of its costs and consequences. Since 2013, Anna Abalkina has been active as an expert of Dissernet, a grassroots initiative to detect plagiarism in the PhD theses and scientific papers in Russia. In 2022, Anna Abalkina, in collaboration with Retraction Watch, created the list of hijacked journals, “The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker”, which is regularly updated.
Dr Lisa Diependaele
Dr Lisa Diependaele is a policy officer for the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector of the European Commission. Her work is focused on bioethics and ethics of new and emerging technologies in health research context. In this capacity, Lisa has been involved in the elaboration of policy guidelines, procedures and recommendations for Horizon 2020/Horizon Europe applicants and beneficiaries. She has lectured courses in applied ethics and global ethics, as well as social and political philosophy. Lisa obtained a PhD in Philosophy in 2019, and holds Master’s degrees in International and European Law and Moral Sciences (Ethics).
Dr Irene Glendinning
Dr Irene Glendinning is Academic Integrity Lead for Coventry University Group (UK), based in the Office of Teaching and Learning. During the last 12 years, she has led and participated in several successful research projects, mainly focused on policies for academic integrity, funded by the European Commission, Council of Europe and Council for Higher Education Accreditation. She is currently leading the Working Group for ENAI on Ethical Publishing and Dissemination (EPAD). Her research interests remain in academic and research integrity, quality assurance, pedagogy, student experience and addressing corruption in higher education. She serves on several editorial boards and advisory groups focused on academic and research integrity and continues to conduct research, currently on projects with funding from Canada and Europe.
Dr Robin Crockett
Dr Robin Crockett is the University Academic Integrity Officer at the University of Northampton (UK) and Academic Visitor in academic integrity at Loughborough University (UK). He is actively involved with research and professional-development activities in academic integrity and has presented at many in-person and virtual events in recent years. He is a mathematician-ethicist with interests in the identification of contract-cheated student submissions and holds Chartered Scientist and Chartered Mathematician status. He is a member of the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) and the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) and is one of the co-founders of the Midlands Integrity Group (of Universities) in the UK. In 2021 he was a member of the expert/interest groups who had meetings with MP Chris Skidmore and Universities Minister Michelle Donelan to advise with regard to the then-proposed UK legislation to ban essay mills.
Dr Thomas Lancaster
Dr Thomas Lancaster is a Computer Scientist by discipline, who works in a student-focused role at Imperial College London (UK). Thomas speaks and delivers training internationally on topics surrounding academic integrity and contract cheating. He is a member of the associated Quality Assurance Agency Advisory group and has contributed to the development of national and international policy. He authored the short book “Avoid Plagiarism” for Sage and has developed resources for organisations such as Epigeum. Thomas developed the world’s first academic integrity research module aimed at undergraduate students. Much of Thomas’ recent research has focused on collaborations with students as partners, considering topics such as contract cheating in languages other than English. He is currently looking at the growth in artificial intelligence solutions for completing assessments and considering educational and policy implications posed by this development.
Dr Sandy Dann
Dr Sandie Dann is Professor of Materials Chemistry at Loughborough University (UK) and has a strong track record of working in partnership with students to address academic challenges. She has had an institutionally leading role in Academic Integrity since 2013, when she was the Associate Dean for Teaching in Science and began chairing the University Academic Misconduct Committee. Working with Student Union colleagues, her academic integrity research is based on student-centred solutions to promoting integrity and deterring misconduct and has been presented with Student Union colleagues, nationally and internationally. Along with other academic and academic-related staff, she is currently on the advisory group for a QAA collaborative-enhancement project relating to Equity in Proofreading led by 7 Student Unions. She is currently Chair of the Midlands Academic Integrity Group, a member of the QAA Academic Integrity Advisory Group and a member of the ACC Working Group on Contract Cheating.
These experts will also be joined by Professor Michael Draper, who will represent the ETINED platform of the Council of Europe
Pre-conference workshops (11th July 2023; approximately 90 minutes) are designed to promote both theoretical and practical discussions among participants on topics related to academic integrity and research ethics. The pre-conference workshops will run in parallel sessions and are available to face-to-face participants only. A maximum of 25 participants are allowed per workshop (first-come-first-served basis). Participants may register for several workshops, but only one workshop in each parallel session. Registration and payment are mandatory. Participants will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop. Refreshments will be provided.
Registration: Register in the Delegate Area, then click on the Pre-conference workshop tab to select the workshop(s) you wish to register for.
Payment: an email will be sent at a later stage to process the payment
Parallel Session | Workshop | Lecturers | Date | Fee |
I | Train-the-Trainer: academic staff training in academic integrity Workshop | Zeenath Khan (University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates) & Rita Santos (ENAI, Portugal) | 11th July 2023 (1:00 pm UK) | €12 (ENAI members); €35 (non-ENAI members) |
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II | Ethical Publishing and dissemination Workshop | Irene Glendinning (Coventry University, UK) & Salim Razı (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Türkiye) | 11th July 2023 (3:00 pm UK) | €12 (ENAI members); €35 (non-ENAI members) |
II | Ethics & Integrity in Supervision Workshop | Shivadas Sivasubramaniam (University of Derby, UK) & Sonja Bjelobaba (Uppsala University, Sweden) | 11th July 2023 (3:00 pm UK) | €12 (ENAI members); €35 (non-ENAI members) |
Overview: Training teaching staff in academic integrity is of foremost importance to promote students’ effective learning and engagement on academic integrity. This workshop aims to promote interactive discussions among participants on the best practices and methodologic approaches for a Train-the-Trainer Program based on IEPAR framework on Academic Integrity tailored to teaching staff. Participants will be invited to work together on designing a training program customised to their own institute and share it with the audience.
Aims:
Target audience: Academics, researchers, integrity/ethics officers, Library and Learning Centre staff who provide staff training.
Overview: It is likely that public trust in science has never been lower than it is right now. Academics and researchers across the world must play their part in restoring this trust. Accordingly, two members of the ENAI working group on Ethical Publishing and dissemination will be leading this workshop. The workshop will explore why adopting an ethical approach to both publishing and dissemination is important, on many levels. Workshop participants will explore various types of unethical practices relating to academic publishing and dissemination and gain an appreciation of the consequences of being involved in any type of unethical publishing and dissemination. General characteristics of predatory publishers and pseudo-conferences will be shared, together with tips for identifying them, based on a checklist put together recently by EPAD working group members. The workshop will require active participation from attendees throughout, including a practical activity to examine and classify examples of invitations from journals, publishers and conferences, using the EPAD checklist. The workshop leaders will invite discussion and suggestions from participants on what more can be done to promote ethical publishing and dissemination.
Aims:
Target audience: Faculty members, (early career) researchers, postgraduate students, librarians.
Overview: Supervisors play an essential role in all parts of the research done by master and doctoral students. Through their teaching and decision-making, as well as through setting an example as a role-model, supervisors enculturate students in the research community, guide the research that students are undertaking, and help their students to develop their knowledge and skills regarding not only the discipline they study, but also the responsible conduct of research. The supervisor needs to make sure that the student has all the necessary permissions to conduct the research, ensure that the student is aware of research ethics and integrity, and has an overall responsibility for the ethical aspects of the student’s project. In this workshop, participants will discuss what being a good researcher means, explore the ethical aspects of the responsible conduct of research, as well as different approaches to improving the culture of integrity through supervision. Differences between research integrity and research ethics, the ethical procedures in different disciplines as well as good research practice will be highlighted. After the workshop, the participants will gain knowledge on ethical aspects of supervision and acquire insights on a range of practical practices they might use in their supervision.
Aims:
Target audience: Current and prospective supervisors of master and doctoral students.
Registration (participation on-site) | Standard | ENAI* & ICAI members | Students |
Early bird (by 15th of April 2023) | £275 | £250 | £200 |
Standard (after 15th of April 2023) | £300 | £270 | £225 |
Registration (participation online) | Standard | ENAI* & ICAI members | Students |
Early bird (by 15th of April 2023) | £75 | £50 | £50 |
Standard (after 15th of April 2023) | £80 | £50 | £50 |
* The price for ENAI members applies to the participants from the ENAI member institutions (please, check whether your institution is a member here) and to the individual supporters.
Not a member of ENAI? Find out more about ENAI membership here.
The annual membership fee for an individual supporter is only 50 EUR, for institutional members it is 300 EUR.
NOT INCLUDED: Pre-conference workshops
Submissions of extended abstracts may address, but are not limited to, the main theme of the conference. The conference topics include:
Authors will be asked to specify whether their contribution is for online or face-to-face presentation when submitting their extended abstracts.
Authors of selected submissions will have the opportunity to submit full papers to be considered for the special issue of an internationally reputed journal (subject to confirmation). Those selected will be notified after the conference.
Extended Abstracts – for all types of submission
The peer review process is double-blind. So please ensure that you do not include the author’s name(s) or identifying details with your submission at this stage. We will ask you to add these details later, with the final copy.
Review coordinators:
In addition to regular (in-person/oral) presentations for participants with accepted contributions (i.e. for all types of submission), we are pleased to offer virtual (online) presentation mode for those participants with accepted Presentations (20 minutes) and Workshops (45 minutes), who are unable to attend the conference. Registration will be expected for both modes of presentation.
Accepted abstracts will be bundled in a digital abstract book and posted on the conference website (link). After the conference, the abstract book will be available on the ENAI website (link).
Details of the publication of full papers will be announced soon.
Dr Shiva Sivasubramaniam – email contact
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We look forward to seeing you at ECEIA 2023 – whether in person or online!