2025
Sep
Earlier this year, ICLAIM Resident Experts Dr. Nadia Kornioti, Dr. Andreas Marcou and Dr. Katerina Kalaitzaki published a Working Paper under the Working Paper Series of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on the Rule of Law and European Values (CRoLEV).
The paper combines the authors’ expertise and experience under both CRoLEV and the PREPARED Project, both of which ran from 2022 to 2025, under the co-ordination of UCLan Cyprus. ICLAIM was a partner in both projects.
The paper combines an examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Research Ethics and Research Integrity, within the broader scope of the Rule of Law at times of global crises, with a focus on the values of legal certainty, predictability, transparency, reason-giving and accountability.
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront multiple law-related questions, especially on whether public policies aligned with national, regional and international human rights standards. Equally important questions on legally-regulated Research Ethics and Research Integrity standards, however, were rarely addressed adequately in the public discourse, leading to a disassociation between researchers and the general public. Drawing from ongoing debates and existing literature in Law, the article illustrates why questions of Research Governance are of far broader relevance to society than initially anticipated. The article uses the COVID-19 experience as a case study towards considering the wider remit of public ethics when conducting research at times of global crises, by introducing the Rule of Law principle and drawing linkages between research governance and the associated values of legal certainty, predictability, transparency, reason-giving and accountability.
The full Working Paper is accessible through the following link.