There has been some well known cases of plagiarism in Europe and North America during the last years. The best known has probably been the Guttenberg case in Germany in 2011.
The cases have opened up for several principled discussions, such as about the actual and desirable relationships between different types of norms for the regulation of research, especially research ethical norms and legal norms. Among the legal norms those about copyright have been important in documentation and evaluation of accusations of plagiarism. The discussions have also opened up for a principled discussion about the adequate definition of plagiarism.
The seminar will be organized as one of our ordinary seminars, with four lectures. Each presenter har 30-40 minutes for the presentation, and then 20-30 minutes for discussion afterwards (i.e. ca 60 minutes for each presentation). The seminar is open for everyone.
Speakers:
- Melissa Anderson (University of Minnesota): Plagiarism in the context of international research collaborations and global research integrity.
- Ragnvald Kalleberg (University of Oslo): Why is plagiarism to be criticized on the basis of research ethics?
- Ansgar Ohly (University of Munich): Plagiarism: a legal wrong?
- Ole-Andreas Rognstad (University of Oslo): Plagiarism on the junction of legal and ethical norms.
- Kees Schuyt (University of Amsterdam): Plagiarism in the Dutch selfregulatory system of dealing with scientific integrity: some recent cases
Schedule:
- 09.00 - 09.15: Welcome
- 09.15 - 10.15: Melissa Anderson
- 10.30 - 11.30: Ragnvald Kalleberg
- 11.30 - 11.45: Coffe break
- 11.45 - 12.45: Ansgar Ohly
- 12.45 - 13.45: LUNCH
- 13.45 - 14.45: Ole-Andreas Rognstad
- 15.00 - 16.00: Kees Schuyt
- 16.00: Closing
Recommended readings for the seminar