Knowledge (XXG)

Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty

Source 📝

22: 178:
In February 2003, Lomborg filed a complaint with the Ministry, and in December 2003, the Ministry found that the DCSD's handling of the investigation in the case had been improper, and remitted it for re-examination. In March 2004, the DCSD stated that since its finding had been to acquit Lomborg of
210:
professors, Lise Togeby and Jens Mammen resigned from their positions in the DCSD, citing that the DCSD operated from too narrow of a framework. Togeby explained that "Roughly speaking, these committees can only decide whether a researcher has cheated or not. We cannot consider the issue of academic
186:
among Danish academics. 308 scientists, many of them from the social sciences, criticised the DCSD's methods in the case and called for the DCSD to be disbanded. The Danish Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation then asked the Danish Research Agency to form an independent working group to
175:, and other matters are not scientifically substantiated. The DCSD further held that because of Lomborg's lack of scientific expertise, he had not shown intentional or gross negligence, and acquitted him of the accusations of scientific dishonesty. 138:: a committee for natural science, agricultural and veterinary science and technical science; a committee for health and medical science; and a committee for social science and the humanities. They have a common chairman. 39: 135: 330: 407: 179:
the charges of scientific dishonesty (although they had criticized his biased selection of data), there was no basis to re-open the investigation, and dismissed the case.
86: 58: 402: 65: 237: 187:
review DCSD practices. In response to this, another group of Danish scientists collected over 600 signatures (primarily from the medical and
72: 338: 54: 384: 105: 151:
was "clearly contrary to the standards of good scientific practice", due to the author's systematically biased choice of data, and
412: 143: 43: 254: 79: 191:
community) to support the continued existence of the DCSD and presented their petition to the Danish Research Agency.
32: 141:
Previously obscure, the DCSD became embroiled in controversy after its January 2003 decision that the 2001 book
331:"Annual Report 2002 the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty - Forsknings- og Innovationsstyrelsen" 203: 211:
quality, or decide whether research has been carried out in accordance with good academic standards".
286: 195: 168: 360: 312: 304: 233: 207: 294: 160: 159:
convicted of intentional or gross negligence. Lomborg had argued in his book that claims by
148: 258: 188: 123: 290: 199: 164: 396: 172: 316: 21: 252: 308: 183: 194:
The DCSD was involved in another controversy investigating a paper on
299: 274: 155:
was scientifically irredeemable, but Lomborg himself could not be
275:"Social scientists call for abolition of dishonesty committee" 15: 232:(1. udgave. ed.). Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 136:
Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology
182:
The original DCSD decision about Lomborg provoked a
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 202:. After the DCSD cleared Nyborg of the charges of 128:Udvalgene vedrørende Videnskabelig Uredelighed 268: 266: 8: 361:"Disagreement regarding academic dishonesty" 55:"Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty" 134:) are a set of three committees under the 385:Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty 120:Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty 408:Scientific organizations based in Denmark 298: 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 220: 7: 44:adding citations to reliable sources 14: 20: 31:needs additional citations for 403:Government agencies of Denmark 228:Rendtorff, Jacob Dahl (2003). 144:The Skeptical Environmentalist 1: 429: 257:August 25, 2011, at the 273:Abbott, Alison (2003). 127: 413:Scientific misconduct 204:scientific misconduct 196:sex and intelligence 40:improve this article 291:2003Natur.421..681A 341:on 25 October 2007 239:978-87-7867-182-0 208:Aarhus University 161:environmentalists 116: 115: 108: 90: 420: 389: 372: 371: 369: 368: 357: 351: 350: 348: 346: 337:. Archived from 327: 321: 320: 302: 270: 261: 250: 244: 243: 225: 189:natural sciences 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 428: 427: 423: 422: 421: 419: 418: 417: 393: 392: 387: 381: 376: 375: 366: 364: 359: 358: 354: 344: 342: 329: 328: 324: 300:10.1038/421681b 272: 271: 264: 259:Wayback Machine 251: 247: 240: 227: 226: 222: 217: 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 426: 424: 416: 415: 410: 405: 395: 394: 391: 390: 380: 379:External links 377: 374: 373: 352: 322: 262: 245: 238: 230:Videnskabsetik 219: 218: 216: 213: 200:Helmuth Nyborg 169:overpopulation 165:global warming 114: 113: 28: 26: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 425: 414: 411: 409: 406: 404: 401: 400: 398: 386: 383: 382: 378: 362: 356: 353: 340: 336: 332: 326: 323: 318: 314: 310: 306: 301: 296: 292: 288: 285:(6924): 681. 284: 280: 276: 269: 267: 263: 260: 256: 253: 249: 246: 241: 235: 231: 224: 221: 214: 212: 209: 205: 201: 197: 192: 190: 185: 180: 176: 174: 173:deforestation 170: 166: 162: 158: 154: 150: 149:Bjørn Lomborg 146: 145: 139: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 110: 107: 99: 96:December 2009 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 365:. Retrieved 355: 343:. Retrieved 339:the original 334: 325: 282: 278: 248: 229: 223: 198:authored by 193: 181: 177: 157:subjectively 156: 152: 142: 140: 131: 119: 117: 102: 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 388:(in Danish) 153:objectively 397:Categories 367:2014-05-11 345:27 January 215:References 66:newspapers 317:52867326 309:12610589 255:Archived 184:petition 363:. Au.dk 287:Bibcode 80:scholar 315:  307:  279:Nature 236:  206:, two 163:about 124:Danish 82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  335:fi.dk 313:S2CID 130:, or 87:JSTOR 73:books 347:2022 305:PMID 234:ISBN 132:UVVU 118:The 59:news 295:doi 283:421 147:by 42:by 399:: 333:. 311:. 303:. 293:. 281:. 277:. 265:^ 171:, 167:, 126:: 370:. 349:. 319:. 297:: 289:: 242:. 122:( 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
Danish
Danish Ministry of Research and Information Technology
The Skeptical Environmentalist
Bjørn Lomborg
environmentalists
global warming
overpopulation
deforestation
petition
natural sciences
sex and intelligence
Helmuth Nyborg
scientific misconduct
Aarhus University
ISBN
978-87-7867-182-0

Archived
Wayback Machine

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.