Science Europe published its Survey Report ‘Research Integrity Practices in Science Europe Member Organisations’ in July 2016. This report maps existing policies,procedures and practices for promoting research integrity and makes a number of key recommendations for improving it. The report encompasses a set of 18 recommendations which fall into four groups: Policies and Procedures; Raising Awareness; Training; and Collaboration and Mobility. To advance implementation of these recommendations among Science Europe Member Organisations and research organisations in general, the Science Europe Working Group on Research Integrity organised a workshop on 22 February 2017 in Brussels.

Many of the recommendations in the Survey Report were deemed to be quite straightforward to implement, but some were considered more challenging. The aim of this workshop was to explore the challenges in taking forward the recommendations, for instance through discussion of case studies presented by representatives of organisations that have already tackled some of the more difficult recommendations.

It was an exploratory workshop that led to numerous observations and suggestions of possible ways forward. The key points discussed during the workshop are summarised in this report.