Good Scientific Practice refers to the set of ethical, methodological, and professional standards that ensure research is conducted responsibly, transparently, and with integrity. These terms are widely used, but what do they really mean in practice?

How can we recognize bad scientific practice and which actions can we take? How can we make sure to practice good scientific practice in highly competitive research environments, in which “publish or perish” is still the prevailing mantra?

After attending the summer school, participants

• Know the standards for Good Scientific Practice
• Can recognize cases of Bad Scientific Practice
• Have the information and tools to know how to act in cases of Bad Scientific Practice, when it happens to them, or in their environment

PhD students in the GSMHS, and former PhD programs in Biomedical Engineering and PPHS.

Preference is given to students in the PhD program in Biomedical Engineeringing that never attended a summer school before.

PhD students in ITI HealthTech (The University of Strasbourg)

Max 25 participants (¾ Basel, ¼ Strassbourg)

Various lectures, more to be announced.

Claudia Lenz - Mentoring & Supervision

Carl Emerson - The Human Side of High-Performance Research: Safety, Power, and the Reality of Collaboration

Claudia Weidensteiner & Francesco Santini - Coding, Versioning, and Data Curation | A White-Hat Guide to p-Hacking

Markus Englund - Data fabrication & Post-Publication Peer-Review
 

Participation in the Summer School entitles you to 1 ECTS. You must be present for the entire week.

Participation is free of charge. It includes transport, accommodation, three meals per day, and coffee breaks.

Registration for University of Basel students is via services.unibas.ch and opens on 01.01.2026. The Summer School in the course directory. Priority registration is open until 13.02.2026. Priority will be given to students who have not attended a summer school before. If places are still available after this date, late registrations may be accepted.

Late registrations are still possible - final places available

Registration for University of Strasbourg via your own University.