Teaching and learning integrity and research ethics

Authors

Erika Löfström & Sarah Elaine Eaton

Description

Academic integrity, research integrity, and research ethics have traditionally been treated as separate areas, with academic integrity linked mainly to student conduct and research integrity and ethics to professional research practice. This separation has become increasingly blurred as students engage more in research and publication, while misconduct among professional researchers has also drawn attention. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid rise of generative AI have further accelerated calls for a more holistic approach to integrity in higher education.

The book chapter shows that integrity education operates at multiple levels: students and academics develop greater awareness through experience and training, targeted interventions can improve knowledge, confidence, writing practices, and alignment with academic norms, and institutions play a key role in building supportive infrastructures. However, the findings also point to gaps in training provision and show that one-off interventions are insufficient, particularly in relation to generative AI. Sustained, well-structured, and institutionally supported education is therefore needed to promote academic and research integrity in contemporary higher education.