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Ethics and conduct
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Everyone involved in science is responsible for ensuring high quality science is done with honesty and integrity. Find out about the Society's past, current and future work.
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Technician Commitment
The Royal Society is a formal supporter of the Technician Commitment initiative.
Integrity in practice toolkit
A toolkit for those who wish to continue to improve research integrity and support a positive research culture within their organisation.
Research culture
This programme aims to embed a culture of research that will support the science community and the scientific endeavour looking forward to 2035.
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- Data and openess in science
- Higher Education and Research Bill
- Animals in research
- The culture of scientific research in the UK
- Neuroscience
- The role of metrics in research
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Science as an open enterprise
The report highlights the need to grapple with the huge deluge of data created by modern technologies.
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Reforms to the UK’s higher education, research and innovation system
We are working closely with the Fellowship and the broader research and innovation community to engage with the Higher Education and Research Bill.
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Animals in research
Statement of the Royal Society’s position on the use of animals in research.
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The culture of scientific research in the UK
The findings of a series of engagement activities by Nuffield Council on Bioethics.
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Brain waves
This project investigated developments in neuroscience and their implications for society and public policy.
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Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
The Royal Society has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which challenges the role played by the Impact Factor as the main means for evaluating science.
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Also of interest
Browse all reports and statements relating to Ethics and conduct.
Browse related reportsFellows working in this area
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Professor Robin Perutz FRS
Elected 2010
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Professor Robin Perutz FRS
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- Elected:2010
Professor Robin Perutz
Professor Robin Perutz is professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of York where he conducts research in the fields of inorganic chemistry, photochemistry and catalysis.
He is a member of the Royal Society’s Diversity Committee and the UK Academies Human Rights Committee. His past awards include the 2005 Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry.
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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS
Elected 2007
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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS
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- Elected:2007
Professor Ottoline Leyser
Professor Ottoline Leyser is Professor of Plant Development at the University of Cambridge and director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge.
Professor Leyser has also collated ‘Mothers in Science: 64 Ways to Have it All’, a book that highlights how female scientists have successfully combined parenting with their research careers.
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