Donders confidential contact persons for research and social integrity
The purpose of the Confidential Contact Persons is to provide a low-threshold contact point for junior scientific staff: junior researchers, PhD candidates, postdocs and assistant professors.
Donders confidential contact persons
When to contact Donders confidential contact persons?
For example, you could contact a Confidential Contact Person regarding the following topics:
PhD track
- Problems with supervision, such as disagreements with members of the supervision team
- Personal circumstances that affect the PhD track
- Motivational issues or doubts
- Unclear criteria for completing the PhD dissertation
- Work, performance or publication pressure
Research integrity
- Questions about specific research practices
- Differing views on responsible research practices
Undesirable behaviour
- If an employee is not sure whom to contact for support
Difference Confidential Contact Persons and Confidential Advisors
The Confidential Contact Persons are meant to be a low-threshold, local person to contact. Therefore, they work on the level of the research institute, the Graduate School or the Faculty. The Confidential Contact Persons have a broad focus and do not offer longterm support.
Confidential Advisors are appointed RU wide and focus specifically on undesirable behaviour or scientific integrity. You can contact the Confidential Advisors for longer-term support. You can also contact the confidential advisors for a consultative appointment, but the focus will always be on undesirable behaviour or scientific integrity.
The roles of Confidential Contact Persons and Confidential Advisors are meant to complement each other, in order to offer an as complete as possible array of support for junior scientific staff.