Why this training session
To ensure that the development of the ENVRI-Hub meets the highest ethical standards and the applicable EU, international and national law on ethical principles, the ENVRI-Hub NEXT project will run an ethical assessment twice: halfway through and by the end of the project.
In this process, three areas for ethics potential issues were identified:
- AI and Software used in datasets processing;
- Data, meaning, any collected and processed environmental research data, including personal data;
- Humans, i.e., key stakeholder groups involved in the co-creation of the ENVRI-Hub through coordinated interactions, including surveys, consultations, and collection of user feedback.
This ENVRI-Hub NEXT webinar was organised to deepen the understanding of the ethical responsibilities that come with developing, maintaining, and using an environmental research hub. In this training session, external ethics experts guide you on how to manage data responsibly, apply ethical research practices, engage with stakeholders meaningfully, and develop trustworthy AI tools.
Target audience
Environmental scientists at any career stage, environmental research infrastructure operators, data protection officers, data stewards, and research software engineers.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of GDPR requirements, FAIR research data management practices, and responsible research principles in environmental science.
Learning objectives
- Define the ethical expectations for a Horizon Europe project in environmental research
- Identify the ethical challenges related to data collection, integration and reuse for environmental research infrastructures
- Discuss the concepts of Ethics by Design and Ethics of Use
- Develop a project governance framework covering both legal rules and broader bio-ethical principles
Trainer panel
- Dr. Louise Bezuidenhout, Senior Researcher in Open Science at CWTS - Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University
- Dr. Heikki Lihavainen, Managing Director at SIOS - Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
- Professor Stavroula Tsinorema, Director of the Joint Postgraduate Programme in Bioethics and Director of the Centre for Bioethics, University of Crete
