The climate crisis gives science a new role
A fundamental rethinking of research ethics in light of the climate and ecological crises is needed, discusses researches in a new article in The Conversation.
The article is published in The Conversation on November 5, 2021, and written by David Fopp, Senior Lecturer, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Stockholm University, together with researchers from Uppsala University, Lund University and Swinburne University of Technology.
They write:
“The ongoing planetary crises create new ethical dilemmas for researchers. The three main principles of research ethics – do no harm, integrity, and responsibility – remain relevant to avoid wrongdoing. But these were formulated reactively, in response to scandals in biomedical research, and could not anticipate these new challenges.
We are proposing a move from a negative ethics focused on avoiding harm to a positive research ethics. These new ethics are needed to guide the global scientific community in relation to civil society and politics during the climate and ecological crises.”
Read the article “The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too” in The Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/the-climate-crisis-gives-science-a-new-role-heres-how-research-ethics-must-change-too-171201
Read more about the collaboration between Stockholm University and The Conversation and how to pitch an article idea:
https://www.su.se/staff/services/information-communication/pitch-an-article-idea-for-the-conversation-1.462268
More articles in The Conversation by researchers at Stockholm University: https://theconversation.com/institutions/stockholm-university-1019
Last updated: December 10, 2021
Source: Communications Office