Research Integrity

Professor Staksrud is a leading researcher in the field of Children and Media Studies. She is also Chair of the Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH). Her research focuses on issues of censorship and freedom of expression, and children’s engagement with media. She is also interested in research ethics and in how to conduct research that respects children’s lives, eschewing moral panics in favour of rigorous theory and evidence.

Professor Marušić is Chair of the Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health at the University of Split, School of Medicine in Split, Croatia. She is also an Honorary Professor at the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the UK, and a Visiting Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technical University in Singapore. Ana Marušić chairs the Research Committee of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and is Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Global Health. She is on the Steering Group of the EQUATOR (Enhancing the Quality And Transparency Of Health Research) Network. She is also the Co-Chair of the Cochrane Scientific Committee. Professor Marušić was the President of the European Association of European Editors (EASE), Council of Science Editors (CSE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

Professor Holmarsdottìr’s research includes ethnographic fieldwork with children and young people as well as scientific coordination and collaboration in cross-national and interdisciplinary research teams. Her research draws on interdisciplinary approaches and includes research on the role of technology in the lives of children and young people, marginalisation in education, social justice, language issues, gender, education, and youth. This work has taken a central focus in looking at the way in which education and, more specifically, teacher education can contribute to providing competencies for democratic participation. She is currently the coordinator of a large-scale European research project funded by Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement no. 870548) and CO:RE partner project entitled The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation (DigiGen).

Malte Elson is a behavioural psychologist from Cologne, Germany, currently based in Bochum, where he is an assistant professor and head of the Psychology of Human Technology Interaction lab. His research focuses on three major themes: (a) IT Security, including learning and problem solving processes in IT security. (b) Learning with Media, including how individuals acquire behaviours or behavioural responses from and with media, both voluntarily (e.g., in educational contexts) and involuntarily (e.g. the link between digital violence and aggressiveness). (c) Meta Science, i.e. the principles and mechanics of the production of scientific knowledge, including the outcomes of academic peer review, statistical reporting practices and behavioural measurement and operationalisations.

Professor Hermerén was for many years chair of the permanent working group on science and ethics of ALLEA (All European Academies). He was President of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) in Brussels 2002-2011 and is currently involved in several EU-funded research projects. He has numerous publications, mainly on ethical problems in medicine, besides authoring and editing books on research ethics, aesthetics and philosophy of art.