Ethics Committee

Jamk University of Applied Sciences is committed to adhering to the guidelines of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK), specifically the Responsible Conduct of Research and Procedures for Handling Allegations of Misconduct in Finland, also known as the RCR 2023 guidelines. Jamk has an ethics committee that oversees the application of these guidelines and supports actions in accordance with responsible conduct of research. The committee also serves as the human sciences ethics committee and, when necessary, makes ethical reviews and gives statements on research projects that use human science methods.

Read: The RCR Guidelines 2023 (TENK)

Tasks of the ethics committee at Jamk 

• act as a body developing and monitoring the general ethical actions of the university of applied sciences
• discuss and make recommendations on ethical issues in the fields of study, education, research, development, innovation and service activities
• prepare ethical principles and guidelines for teaching and studying, monitor their implementation and develop and renew them as needed
• draw up principles and instructions for guaranteeing the authenticity of theses and other reports, monitor their implementation and develop and renew them as needed
• to issue ethical review statements on the ethical nature of research plans and other risks involved in the study at the request of a researcher belonging to Jamk staff
• annually monitor suspected misconduct and disregard at Jamk
• co-operation within Jamk's internal working groups and institutional bodies
• co-operation with national and regional networks in the field; and
• communicate about the aforementioned matters.

The committee meets monthly and when necessary to process requests for an ethical review statement.

Ethics committee members

Chairperson: Elina Kirjalainen, Senior Advisor

Other members:

• Tiina Hartikainen, Administrative Plann
• Jari Hautamäki, Principal Lecturer
• Susanna Kanninen, Administrative Planner
• Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen, Principal Researcher
• Kare Norvapalo, Head of Department RDI
• Anne Törn-Laapio, Principal Lecturer

In addition, the committee includes an annually changing student representative. 

Information specialist Marja Kokko is a research integrity advisor at Jamk. She participates in the meetings as an invited expert. The research integrity advisor is impartial and does not participate in the RCR process or ethical review process.