Ethical aspects of Citizen Science: good practices and institutional interventions

Hosted on the 16th of May, this webinar provided participants with a specific Citizen Science (CS) case study, which implied different levels of ethical and legal challenges, including GDPR compliance and various ethics dimension (i.e. research integrity, gender perspective, open access, public engagement, etc.).

As part of the webinar, JoinUs4Health presented the project's methodology and the case study as a whole, highlighting the most sensitive aspects of its implementation to focus the participants’ attention on the needed interventions.

ETHNA system then presented its flexible ethical governance system, illustrating its optimal composition for the chosen case: which “columns” should be considered (code of ethics and good practices, ethics committee on R&I, ethics line) and which building brick to be implemented (research integrity, gender perspective, public engagement, open access), according to the issues raised by the case study as well as the institutional commitment and capabilities of the hosting organisation in these terms.

In case you missed it, here you can find the presentations from our great speakers: