Author Archives: Riikka Puurunen

About Riikka Puurunen

Associate professor, Catalysis Science and Technology, at Aalto since February 2017

“Hands up for mistake, we were idiots” – Some words on plagiarism

In the previous posts (post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, post 5) related to research ethics, plagiarism was mentioned many times as a form of research misconduct. Plagiarism is among the “big three” in the international categorisation of research misconduct: Fabrication, Falsification, … Continue reading

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Retraction watch – site on research integrity issues

Following a series of posts on the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity  TENK (post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4),  this post shares information on a useful source of information related to research misconduct worldwide: Retraction Watch, https://retractionwatch.com/. As reported … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2016

As a continuation of the previous posts (post 1, post 2, post 3) this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2016, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2017

As a continuation of the previous posts (post 1, post 2) this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2017, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles of … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2018

As a continuation of the previous post, this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2018, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles of the report’s Section 3, … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK)

Carrying out research in a responsible manner is at the core of university activities. In Finland, we have the “TENK” – Tutkimuseettinen neuvottelukunta, Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (https://www.tenk.fi/en), which sets guidelines for responsible conduct of research (RCR) in … Continue reading

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We are hiring! Looking for two doctoral candidates on the area of catalyst development and testing

Reposted from aalto.fi: https://www.aalto.fi/en/open-positions/doctoral-candidates-in-catalyst-development-and-testing-at-the-department-of Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto has six schools with nearly … Continue reading

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Invited tutorial at the ALDfun(amentals…) workshop, TU Delft

This summer, I was visiting TU Delft for a period of five weeks, invited by Prof. Ruud van Ommen. Interesting, buzy weeks – also because of the #CVDALD2019 conference, where we had posters (on ALD conformality and ALD history). Thanks … Continue reading

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Experimenting with Zenodo (.org)

Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Open Code, Open Teaching, open … what else? I am in favor of openness in science. However: if you want to publish e.g. a poster abstract, or a dataset, how to do it in … Continue reading

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Anonymous course feedback CHEM-E1130 and CHEM-E1140

The course feedback from courses CHEM-E1130 Catalysis and CHEM-E1140 Catalysis for biomass refining for academic year 2018-2019 is ready. Everyone can access the feedback via the following links. There are interesting viewpoints included e.g. of using Panopto lecture capture and … Continue reading

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