Research quality and ethics | University of Lapland

Open science at our university

Practices of open science

Our university's open science policy outlines general practices for scientific openness. It also lays down our publication and data policies.

We wish to promote the use of publicly funded knowledge in scientific and artistic research and in society. One of our societal tasks is to produce information that supports national and international policy making in Arctic issues. Our open science policy supports this task in a sustainable way in terms of both ethics and copyrights.

Contact us

The research development committee monitors the implementation of the open science policy at our university. The committee is chaired by the vice-rector responsible for research.

Soili Nystén-Haarala
Vice-Rector Responsible for Research
Tel. +358 40 484 4063
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi

Ethical review

Does your research need an ethical review?

Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) has published a short video that will help you to identify if your research requires an ethical review. You will find the link to the video below. If you have any questions, please contact the secretary of our ethical committee.

Request a statement

If your research plan, topic or setting requires ethical review, you can ask our research ethics committee for a statement. The research ethics committee provides statements about the research plans that are submitted to an ethical review by researchers. The review on the research plan and methods is carried out following TENK guidelines. Ethical reviews are intended to cover research in and after the postgraduate phase.

Contact us

Secretary to the research ethics committee
Petra Falin
Senior specialist
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi
Tel. +358 40 484 4364

Promoting responsible conduct of research

Our research integrity advisor provides confidential and impartial support in different problem situations concerning research integrity. You may ask for advice and support pre-emptively as well as when you suspect a violation of responsible conduct of research has already taken place.

You can consult the advisor in person, or via phone or email. The advisor has been trained by the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK) and also is the TENK contact person at our university.

Contact us

Research integrity advisor
Petra Falin
University Researcher
firstname.lastname (at) ulapland.fi
Tel. +358 40 484 4364