Integridade, Pensamento Crítico e Inovação - Práticas Responsáveis na Investigação Doutoral

The program aims to equip doctoral students with the skills and tools to conduct responsible, transparent, and ethical research, which is essential for ensuring the quality and credibility of science and knowledge production in an increasingly interconnected and interdisciplinary environment.
By addressing complex challenges such as research integrity, ethics from the project design phase, critical thinking, anticipating unintended consequences, epistemic responsibility and innovation, values in science, the social and economic impacts of research, data management, the responsible use of AI in research and scientific writing, authorship and publication ethics, open science practices, scientific misconduct, as well as ethical review mechanisms and the functioning of the respective committees—this program supports the development of reflective and ethically conscious researchers, prepared to contribute to the sustainable development of society through reliable and socially responsible science.

Objectives
· Promote a culture of scientific integrity among EUGLOH doctoral students;
· Raise awareness of responsible, ethical, and transparent research practices;
· Promote the development of key research skills such as: mitigating plagiarism, preventing misconduct, the ethical use of AI, authorship, and data integrity, etc.
· Develop cross-cutting competencies fundamental to research in doctoral careers, such as: critical thinking, argumentation, ethical decision-making, and social responsibility, etc.
· Encourage intercultural and interdisciplinary collaboration among doctoral students, researchers, and faculty from different countries and scientific fields, in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Professional Abilities
With regard to the European Competence Framework for Researchers (ResearchComp), this includes the ‘Doing research’ area, with the competencies ‘perform scientific research’, ‘conduct interdisciplinary research’, and ‘apply research ethics and integrity principles’; and the ‘Cognitive skills’ area with the competencies ‘critical thinking’, the ‘Working with others’ area with the competencies ‘develop networks’, ‘work in teams’, ‘promote inclusion and diversity’.