From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point
This perspective article explores the historical evolution of scandals related to academic integrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. We argue that there are three distinctive waves of scandalization since the postwar era: The first wave, starting in the 1970...
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| description | This perspective article explores the historical evolution of scandals related to academic integrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. We argue that there are three distinctive waves of scandalization since the postwar era: The first wave, starting in the 1970s, led to governance measures addressing public trust issues in science funding. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a second wave centered on research misconduct, prompting the establishment of boundary organizations such as the Office of Research Integrity. Since the 2010s, the third wave shifted focus to concerns such as Open Science and reproducibility, giving rise to a mainly intra-scientific moral entrepreneurship that unfolds not along one-time scandals anymore, but as part of a continuous crisis discourse. This current wave of reform movements is met with considerably less intra-scientific resistance than its predecessors and hence may inadvertently achieve regulatory goals surpassing previous political intentions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-76735b470fed4237af46677174cfabde2025-08-20T04:02:27ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2414491From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning pointFelicitas Hesselmann0Martin Reinhart1German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Berlin, GermanyRobert K Merton Center for Science Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyThis perspective article explores the historical evolution of scandals related to academic integrity and their implications for the relationship between science and politics. We argue that there are three distinctive waves of scandalization since the postwar era: The first wave, starting in the 1970s, led to governance measures addressing public trust issues in science funding. The 1980s and 1990s witnessed a second wave centered on research misconduct, prompting the establishment of boundary organizations such as the Office of Research Integrity. Since the 2010s, the third wave shifted focus to concerns such as Open Science and reproducibility, giving rise to a mainly intra-scientific moral entrepreneurship that unfolds not along one-time scandals anymore, but as part of a continuous crisis discourse. This current wave of reform movements is met with considerably less intra-scientific resistance than its predecessors and hence may inadvertently achieve regulatory goals surpassing previous political intentions.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414491Research integrityscientific misconductscience governancepolitical scandalsscientific reform movements |
| spellingShingle | Felicitas Hesselmann Martin Reinhart From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point Journal of Responsible Innovation Research integrity scientific misconduct science governance political scandals scientific reform movements |
| title | From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point |
| title_full | From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point |
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| title_short | From scandal to reform: approaches to research integrity at a turning point |
| title_sort | from scandal to reform approaches to research integrity at a turning point |
| topic | Research integrity scientific misconduct science governance political scandals scientific reform movements |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2414491 |
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