Milestones of the university’s quality work

High-quality research activities

The excellence of our research activities arises from our researchers’ strong ethical competence, versatile methodological mastery, and capability for networked cooperation as well as from their significant scientific and societal impact. We foster creativity, freedom of research and the renewal of science.

Research and innovation activities are guided by the focal areas of the university’s strategy and the research development programme, “Putting the researcher first”. The Science Council follows and monitors the implementation of the strategy development programme as well as the progress of evaluation-based developmentalmeasures. The Science Council regularly reviews the level and effectiveness of the university’s research.

Academic peer review constitutes the core of quality management for research activities. Typical examples of this are the processes for filling academic posts, processing of funding applications for research projects, and reporting of research findings in conferences and academic publication series. In addition, the university regularly evaluates the quality and operation environment of research in order to develop its research activities.

We support effective research activities in recruiting procedures, by the research period system, start-up funding for new professors, the systematic development of research infrastructure, and providing help with applying for international research funding. We follow the principles of responsible conduct of research and ensure the quality of research pursued at the university with regard to the research processes and results.

The university promotes the openness of scientific research by guiding and training researchers, teachers and students, creating functional working processes and action models, and developing systems for these purposes. Support services for research offer concrete tools and operation models for the implementation and promotion of research and innovation activities and entrepreneurship.

PLAN

Goals of research Research development programme Ethical review of research Principles of open science DO

Principles of open science Guidelines for research integrity and research ethics Guidelines for immaterial property rights Support services for research Responsible conduct of research CHECK

Academic peer review Monitoring of the strategy development programme Key statistics for research activities Evaluation of research activities ACT

Development of prerequisites for research Development of research infrastructures Development of support services for research Development of researchers’ expertise

“For me, a premise of high-quality research is that we set out to challenge big enough issues either from a societal or scientific perspective. Only this way can we get answers that bear significance in terms of scientific progress and resolving major societal problems.” Mikko Mönkkönen DEAN, FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE “Openness is an integral part of high-quality and responsible research. With the support services for open science and research, we help researchers at the different stages of the research process so that the outcomes would be as effective and useful as possible for the researchers themselves as well as for society, science, and the research community. Visibility and sharing of knowledge increases the potential for impact.” Irene Ylönen SERVICE MANAGER, OPEN SCIENCE CENTRE “Explicit quality management ensures that peer review is also used systematically in the university’s internal processes and that the operation of the university and its units is evaluated regularly.” Timo Tiihonen PROFESSOR, FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY