230176 SE More ethics, more misconduct? Struggling over norms and values in/of contemporary research (2010W)

Over the past decades ethics in research has become an increasing issue. An increasing number of rules, institutional procedures and special committees have been put in place to take care of these ethical issues. But at the same time also the topic of deviant behaviour in research, such as fraud or plagiarism has moved high onto the agenda. What practices are regarded as legitimate in science and scholarship and which ones are denounced as illegitimate? What are the structural features of science that condition variation in rates and types of malpractice? How are the norms and values of doing good research established, handed on to the next generation and inscribed into research practices? These are but some of the central questions that will be addressed in this seminar.