Responsibility and integrity in research

Professor Ulrike Felt of the University of Vienna will give the second lecture in the University of Iceland lecture series on research integrity on Tuesday 25 September at Litla Torg, 3–4.30 p.m.

There will be live streaming from the event

Professor Felt will discuss the multifaceted and often contradictory expectations of universities in contemporary societies. She will focus on the challenges that universities generally face when they try to reconcile active engagement with industry and society, academic freedom and recognised academic practices.

Professor Felt is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on science and technology and the sociology of science. Ulrike Felt completed her PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Vienna in 1983. For the next five years, she worked in a research team at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. She then took a position at the newly founded Institute for Philosophy of Science and Social Studies of Science and in 1997 received her habilitation in science studies. Ulrike Felt has extensive experience of running international research projects and has been a visiting professor at institutions in many different countries. She has also edited respected scientific journals in her field and acted as an advisor to the European Union on science, technology and society.

Places are limited, so if you are interested please register for the event as soon as possible. The deadline for registration is Monday 24 September. Register here.