Research ethics – RIPE – RESEARCH INTEGRITY PRACTICE IN EUROPE

Ancient Human Remains and Research Ethics: Fostering Research Culture and Practice

New methodologies open up new avenues for research in ancient human remains. How to address the complex ethical questions in this field?

Nils Anfinset, Sean D. Denham and Lene Os Johannessen

Good research culture and practice are based on a core set of scientific and ethical norms and values within the research community. We define research ethics in a broad sense, covering all four principles in The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2017): reliability, honesty, respect and accountability. This article focuses on respect and accountability. More generally, we discuss the fostering of a culture of sound research practice that is built on ethical guidelines derived from the particularities of a specific research field, in this case the ancient human remains research.

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Research Integrity Practice in Europe (RIPE) is an open-access bulletin that provides practical information on research integrity and research ethics in Europe. We publish short and informative articles primarily in English. As a practice-oriented publication series, this bulletin assists research integrity practitioners in their work, serves as a resource to the general public, and complements the theoretical and scholarly-oriented discourse on research integrity, research ethics and good scientific practice.