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What is the highest level of formal education you have completed? / Other (please specify) / Translation
PhD (the Doctoral option was not working)

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken to involve individuals/organisations with a diverse range of perspectives and expertise in planning its research and innovation work in the last 12 months?
Yearly seminar, webinars, MaRINET2 short-courses
When developing project proposals and internal protocols, PLOCAN always includes individuals/organisations with a diverse range of perspectives and expertise (academia, industry, government, civil organisations, etc..). The diversity (regarding its research and innovation planning) is also part of PLOCAN´s strategic plan
Direct response to requests from individuals and organisations outside the university. Engagement in cross-sector discussion fora about marine research needs.
By supporting interdisciplinary work and strengthening links with the arts, the humanities and the social sciences.
All steps - every project needs an advisory board from a diverse background of stakeholders
Team meetings, town-hall type events, multi-disciplinary approaches encouraged
I recently worked on the Eirwind project, which involved significant engagement with government (e.g. SEAI, DHPLG, etc.) and industry (offshore wind energy developers) stakeholders. The project would not have been possible but for the efforts of the PIs to actively engage with these stakeholders to plan, help fund, manage, and execute the project.
marei invited its research staff to comment on its 5 year strategy. I do not think maREI consulted with local industry, or local citizens or local policy its 5 years strategy.
Attendance of Wales national fora (Marine Energy Wales, Environmental Science Platform Hub) where collaborative R&D projects have been developed - promoted by existence of targetted funding for academic-industrial R&D
part of MaREI policy to be inclusive, this is reflected in outreach, partnership building and other activities
All appointments conform with and support guidelines exemplified by the Athena Swan initiative
Active grant application, ongoing research (including studentships), third sector engagement including outreach and third sector-engaged research. Much of this activity is driven through research teams and and research leader engagement with stakeholders. The University facilitates training and activities to encourage funding and cooperation between individuals, runs opportunities to present research and ideas, including departmental and research theme meetings, and active participation in Athena Swan and EDI activity,
It just does... I have no idea about how, but we just happen to have a diverse range of perspectives and expertise whatever they are doing.
Our research is transdisciplinary so by definition involves individuals and organisations from a diverse range of perspectives and expertise. EU and international funding is increasingly looking for this in funding programmes also.
We talk, we read, we see what the rest of the world is doing.
- Through writing funding proposals with several organizations with different backgrounds and development interdisciplinary projects.
My research has reached out to NGO, industry and government partners within the last 12 months, and I believe this is the case for a number of other colleagues.
Meeting with the region and department. Meeting with industrial cluster. Participation to the event Mer XXL.

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken to promote gender equality in its work in the last 12 months?
Promotion of gender balance in committees
ISO 9001 certification, equal opportunities policy
Engaged in AthenaSWAN. Continued support for a voluntary group in the organisation that deals with equality issues among staff and students. Supports training in women leadership.
It has supported dialogue about gender inequality.
Gender balance on panels/meetings and the Athena award
I am not aware of steps taken to promote gender equality in the last 12 months
Contribute to, and development of institutional policies focused on gender equality
For the last couple of years (possibly longer), Dr. Val Cummins has organised a visit of local secondary school girls to the Centre. Many of my female colleagues (myself included) have spoken to the girls about our experiences as researchers to encourage them to pursue a career in fields that may have traditionally been (and possibly still are?) dominated by men.
MaREI ensures gender balance in panels. I am unaware if MaREI has a Gender quota, or a gender target. Regarding gender dimensions or gender content, maREI does not have training courses advising staff on how to ensure that research is gender conscious or gender compatible or has gender dimensions.
Active Athena Swan group involving representatives of different genders; talks and activities for Women's Day/Week
All appointments conform with and support guidelines exemplified by the Athena Swan initiative
Part of Athena SWAN charter, promotes events and opportunities associated with gender equality
Athena SWAN activities and working groups
Ensure employment opportunities are appropriately advertised and conducted, provide support, training and activities that are either open for all, or have promotion for specific marginalised groups, unconscious bias training for all staff and managers in particular, recording gender figures associated with workplace progression via Athena Swan engagement.
ECR weighting to take into account career breaks, pathways to return to the field after career breaks.
It has to comply with university and EU gender policies.
We have almost 30% of women in our company. Much more than usual in an Engineering research company.
There is already equality. And probably there are other "unequalities" now that are even worse.
Privilege, when possible, the recruitment and involvement of different genders.
Staff being involved with and working towards Athena swan awards. Institution has training courses for all staff in diversity and unconcious bias etc.
Attitude, knowledge and effectiveness always go beyond gender. Gender means nothing, except the toilet that you should go.
Equiparar y facilitar permisos y necesidades laborales y de conciliación familiar tanto a padres como a madres. Equiparación de sueldos.
Not specific actions, but figures show that gender equality is a fact
Currenttly there is gender parity with women in positions of responsibility
I expect this is the case - our department is a member of the Athena Swan program. There also feels an approx. equal gender mix within our department - the one uncertainty is whether the gender mix is equal at each pay-grade - I really don't know the answer to that.

What barriers does your organisation face in promoting gender equality?
When some specific expertise is needed it's not always possible to take in account gender equality
The wider societal context of gender inequality that has shaped both people's attitudes and institutions.
the need to avoid positively discriminating in favor of female candidates (for posts, roles, or in proposals) in fields where there is still happens to be a male bias in terms of numbers. This may happen where a female candidate is put forward or proposed for gender balance purposes rather than necessarily being the best or most appropriate candidate.
National Parental leave legislation - women are not able to divide their leave with their partner, and are inherently disadvantaged career-wise.
overall lack of awareness across all management levels how gender inequality manifests within the organisation
I suspect women are strongly affected should they wish to pursue having a family, in a way that doesn't tend to impact men to the same level.

What steps could your organisation take to overcome barriers to promoting gender equality?
Mainstreaming gender knowledge among researchers; identifying measures to promote gender equality and assessing their impact; implementing a gender equality plan
On a broader scale the parent organisation could take a more proactive stance in relation to becoming actively involved in child care provision e.g. as is the case in other large organisations such as the county council or Marine Institute. This would help to ensure women are less disadvantaged by the pressures of motherhood.
Specially now that we are in quarentine and schools are closed, facilitate mothers and fathers to work from home as much as possible by facilitating changes in the normal life of the office.
Some Athena swan thing, but that appears to be tackling the symptoms rather than addressing the causes (standardised employment frameworks which operate within national legislation which creates difference between the sexes).
awareness raising and actively counteracting inequality

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to include ethnic minorities in its work?
principle of respect for human rights, principle of legality
It has hired researchers from minority ethnic groups and it has supported cultural diversity and cultural exchange. It has integrated knowledge from minority ethnic groups into its work.
Diverse staffing and job advertising demonstrating the inclusive nature of the organisation
Adherence to institutional policies focused on ethnic minorities
MaREI has an open policy with regards employing staff. I am unaware of maREI undertaking proactive steps to include ethnic minorities
this depends on how one interprets the question. MaREI would apply UCC policy as an equal opportunities employer for example to help ensure there is no discrimination against ethnic minorities, but this does not mean MaREI has active measures e.g. statements, targets, KPI's that would be used to positively promote attaining of a set proportion of people from ethnic minorities in a given amount of time
Organisation has involvement in HE race equality charter but less promoted than the Athena SWAN charter
see response to previous question, the University has moved from Athena Swan activities specifically focusing on gender equality, to expanding the remit for all EDI considerations
Nothing specific to the recruitment/retention of BAME staff, apart from a generic policy to avoid discrimination.
To my knowledge none of our research requires ethnic minorities to be involved but equally so there is nothing preventing them being involved - it's simply not a relevant consideration in possibly all of our research
I'm a bit unsure of this question. Ethnic minorities should be included as in why should they not be included, but they are not the focus of the research? Our strict diversity in the workplace policies should mean they are not discriminated against when it comes to employment but that is all I can think of.
Go Wales students. Go Wales runs in Swansea Univeristy and provides work experience specifically to students with barriers such as BME
There is a multicultural and international team working in my organisation.
Again probably - our department is international in scope, and so naturally draws a mix of ethnicity. However, if your question refers to ethnicity within Britain, then this would relate to how students are recruited at the undergraduate level and then 'retained' within the system through different career levels. I don't know what programs Swansea uses to do this, though I suspect they are quite good at attempting to address this.....

What barriers does your organisation face in including ethnic minorities?
the same reason as for gender equality, sometimes is not a question of including ethnic minorities but the point of contracting someone with a specific expertise.
Bureaucracy to employ people from outside EU
Some minorities do not have the level of education needed to work in research.
people from ethnic minorities are likely to be naturally underrepresented in the pool of potential applicants, so the organisation has less opportunity to select from the ethnic minority pool

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to ensure that the way it conducts its work does not cause concerns for society?
the work is carried out according the best practices for the sector
Developed and implemented ethical approval system
All research is subject to Ethical review before commencing
I think that there will always concern from some groups in society in response to any work. However, I feel the organisation does what it can to communicate with interested/concerned parties to address concerns.
It does not cause concern - we research renewable energy
THis is such a broad question, I am not sure how to answer it. 'Causes concern for society' is too generic and I am not sure exactly what is being asked.
It abides by legislation and guideline for conduct, recruitment, engagment etc etc
This question isn't clear - I don't think societal concern is necessarily a reason to cease research - societal concern can be motivated / influenced by a number of vested interests.
I do not think MaREI co0ndcuts an evaluation exercise to assess if new research does not cause concerns for society.
All researchers have to complete an ethics application for research. So research is reviewed by the Ethics /AWERB Committee in a uniform manner across the university.
All research and development work is subject to review by a University ethics panel .
Work and research is usually conducted in accordance with other local organisations, companies or other HE institutes
Research ethics is taken very seriously, staff training, guidance and oversight is provided by the University. University ordinance also provided information on conduct of staff and students outside the university.
Reputational risk can be used as a millstone to hamper research; it is important, but not at the expense of the raison d'etre of a research institution
Compliance to animal welfare regulations
We are independent and objective in the work we do - if people are concerned by it that is their right but it shouldn't influence what work we do (within reason obviously)
Strong focus on outreach and different societal groups engagement, awareness to communities take on offshore renewables development.
We publiscise the work we do and undertake frequent outreach events so the public can question us about our work.
environmental measures waste management student training
Ethics committees within the university prevent morally questionable work with humans cephlapods and vertebrates, and the university/department has to adhere to UK and Welsh laws and rules when working in the field (e.g. permitting which undergoes assessment by the relevant governing body, I.E. NRW)
Discussion with society in the Regional assembly.

What barriers does your organisation face in ensuring that the way it conducts its work does not cause concerns for society?
I think the nature of research is to address the concerns of society. As such, for some somewhat controversial topics (e.g. visual impact of offshore wind), there could be certain people or organisations who disagree with research outputs. The organisation should not suppress research that society doesn't like.
MaREI may loose funding if research causes harm, such as noise by wave energy machines, or cause objection by fishing community due to displacement of work. It would take much resources in advance to make certain that future research would not cause concerns for society
The need to partner with industry to conduct research - this has led to links between universitys and questionable sectors which cause significant concern for society (e.g. oil and gas), and which threatens the trustability of research we conduct, even if we are not paid by oil & gas grants.
Sometimes funding streams available are to fund work that may cause concerns for society.

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to ensure its research methods/processes are open and transparent?
Most of the research results on publications for a wider public
Provide information whenever its needed, the research reports also contribute to the methods/processes used regarding transparency.
This is easy to answer because in some cases it is not possible to reveal methods - for example before they are published if they are novel or produced with an industry partner
Researchers gave produced reports about their work and papers to be subjected to peer review.
Public seminars, outreach, publications (publishing code/data where appropriate)
All projects open to public dissemination across all media channels - the more public involvement the better
Publishing its work, promoting its work, making work accessible online, organising conferences to showcase work and engaging with the public in a variety of ways.
Open access publishing, public engagment
Adherence to policies linked to ethical and transparent methods of research, as well as open access and open science policies (particularly for EU funded research)
Most researchers at the Centre are publishing work in peer reviewed journals regularly.
some EU project s that maREI participate in have signed open access open data contracts. maREI conducts testing for wave energy developers. most if not all test resultys are confidential.
Limited knowledge - there has been encouragement of Open Access policy - and data that are uploaded to accessible platforms
All research is published with the exception of work 100% funded by industry partners, this will eventually be published beyond and agreed date
Methods and processes are generally published in open-access journals and data made available, especially data associated with funded projects
Encourage open access publication, general openness
Taking aside confidentially in certain situations (e.g. patentable research, customer-contracted work, ongoing long term research ahead of publication), publicly funded research should be open access and a full audit trail should be in place. Monitoring research ethics, health and safety and providing guidance and training to all staff and students has been provided by the University. All published work is activly placed and promoted on a University-run repository if not already open access.
Well documented and properly stored and error-corrected data must be made available in proper databases. Computer codes and statistical methods employed must be shared and fully documented. Field/lab work methods must be fully documented and shared.
Encouraging staff to communicate project results to society
Though not driven by the institution, several researchers actively share methods on social media. I am thinking of Project Seagrass' restoration project here in particular.
many research funders oblige researchers to use open access publications and to ensure that their work is communicated in detail to broad audiences.
Extensive outreach including public engagement and peer to peer seminars
We have a university code of ethics for social research which covers a certain element of this. Any deliverables or outputs produced from projects all contain information on the methodology followed and is designed to be replicable. Certain subjects areas are more constrained, for example, where there are commercial sensitivities and companies demand non-disclosure.
Where suitable, all reports are open access unless the industry partner requires some aspects to be kept confidential, usually to do with design copyrights, data that is essential for that company etc. so there will be a delay on making this information transparent in special cases.
My organization publishes all the projects that are being carried out and the completed missions.
Transparency policy Access policy published on the PLOCAN website Web tracking Social media management
We make our work open and transparent where appropriate, but I don't believe this needs to be a blanket statement or approach, as working with different partners may require flexibility in how and when aspects of work are made public (though I believe ultimately work should be made public when tax payer funded in any way - i.e. lab equipment use or technician time).
We are encouraged to put data in open repositories, and use open access journals for dissemination of information
open publication. Public Founding mainly.

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to make the results of its work accessible to as wide a public as possible?
The results are published in different formats
Annual seminar where part of our work is presented to an audience that works on blue economy. Besides, the work reports are public and avaiable to everyone
Engaged in outreach and public engagement events, such as Science Week or Super Science Sunday
Researches publish open access when possible.
using social media and traditional media, events
Public kept abrest over social media channels and resulting bodies of project work freely accessable online
I think that engagement with the public is a factor taken into account in many projects and this type of activity has a high profile in the organisation.
Active social media presence, public outreach events
open access publishing, public engagment
Participation in / development of science communication, science literacy and citizen science initiatives.
MaREI publishes many policy briefs, participates in numerous public outreach activities, encourages its researchers to engage with the public, maintains excellent social media presence, etc. etc.
MaREI has active Twitter. MaREI presents at local energy shows. maREI presents at the university fairs. maREI facilitates schools to visit.
Promotion of research at the new annual Science Festival, monthly Science Cafe for all members of public (new speaker each month)
publication, outreach, education and stakeholder engagement
All research is published with the exception of work 100% funded by industry partners, this will eventually be published beyond and agreed date
Generally research is disseminated at academic conferences or specific events but generally not to the wider public. On some occasions research is promoted or accessible to the public at outreach events or at open days but the scope and extent of this research is limited.
Publishing open access and dissemination/outreach events
I do not know what 'as wide a public as possible' means in this context
See answer to the previous answer, the university provides an accessible database for all work published through the University.
More funding dedicated to enable Open Access publications. More funding and commitment to make data and methods fully documented and shared properly.
Making data accesible & fostering outreach
Open access versions of papers are posted to comply with REF regulations. This at least makes them accessible in theory - whether or not ht epuiblic are *aware* they are there is another thing. There is no internal SU funding for OA costs
We have a very active communications support team at the national centre level, who are ready always to help us promote and disseminate results and perspectives we are happy with. The only limits appear to be companies who are involved in funding us, and their wish to restrict certain perspectives and discoveries.
We participate in a range of engagement activities for different audiences - other researchers and academics, policy makers, the general public, local communities, specialist audiences, maritime sectoral representatives. Communication and dissemination are a key part of our work. If we are approached separately for additional information we comply with that as best we can. There will always be those who disagree with a finding or approach and this is particularly frustrating.
as much as possible publish everything and make tools available in open-source frameworks
Event organization and general publications.
We have a database which has been created to hold all the data our project has collected. Publication of research is made open access.
Websites, publications, symposiums, collaborations, dissemination, stakeholder workshops
Publicando y haciendo de acceso general tanto resultados como investigaciones en curso.
Transparency policy Access policy published on the PLOCAN website Web tracking Social media management
To open the outcomes to the general society
scientific exhibitions, visits to the facilities, communications activities,
Again, I agree with this principle and all researchers I know do this accessibility / engagement as standard; the problem is that funding organisations may get hold of this 'public good' type of argument and go to town on it, to the extent that grant writing and then project implementation includes lots of 'public' administrative tasks that may be burdensome or even lip-service to winning the grants - and come at a cost of lost time and resources for the actual research. In my experience, public engagement and public accessibility is generally applied when it is appropriate, regardless of whether it is an explicit pre-requisite of the funding. Researchers, I believe, high integrity in their work and seek to engage and inform the public where they can.
We are encouraged to put data and papers in open-access journals and repositories, and encouraged to do outreach activities
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What barriers does your organisation face in ensuring that its work is accessible to the wider public?
Money to pay to maintain websites and for open access publications. Many deliverables in European projects are not open to the public, and therefore cannot be shared. General organization of documents.
Not sufficient staff dedicated to disseminate work to wider public

In your view, what steps could be taken to overcome these barriers?
More funding dedicated to enable Open Access publications. More training and funding and commitment to make data and methods fully documented and shared properly.
Include in proposals more money for open access publications. Include in proposals more deliverables open to the public. Use a document management software. Make guidelines to send to companies and institutions on the use of the results obtained in the projects, especially if the project was for a software, database, etc. Give more focus to use the tools obtained during a project once the project is over.

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to ensure its work addresses societal needs?
The research is aligned with the societal needs identified at European and national levels
Research on renewable energies in line with UN sustainability goal 7
Participation in research programs that address societal issues such as marine renewables, sea level rise or biodiversity decline.
We are focussed and actively promote engagement with stakeholders to address their needs.
Researchers tackle societal challenges in their projects.
I think in addressing climate change, environmental and renewable energy issues the organisation is clearly attempting to deal with a societal need. However, I still see the value of research which may not have a direct link to societal need and this type of research often yields unexpected but very important results.
most funding is driven by societal needs
Responding to calls for proposals focused on societal needs and challenges.
The focus of our projects are on climate change and the energy transition. If these aren't the most pressing societal needs of today (aside from Coronavirus, which will eventually go away, unlike climate change), I don't know what are.
The core of MaREI work addresses societal need for clean energy as well as carbon reduction. MaREI h stopped exploring local innovation, when its cluster closed down
by directly addressing research programmes and topics that are driven by and respond to societal needs
Our research is applied; focussing upon need local and global.
Depending on department/research group. A lot of research funding is granted as there has been shown a societal need for it.
Stakeholder engagement is encouraged through the University, but research is directed via funding agencies as well. NB the role of a University is to provide curiosity-driven research that could lead to future innovation and next generation training even if benefits are not immediately apparent, as well as delivering applied, direct benefit research.
Engage properly with society, more widely, and collect results in a usable way.
Fostering interaction with stakeholders in order to understand their concerns. Working on clean energies, cheaper energies and smart energy systems in islands.
The college of science research and innovation strategy for 2020 onwards includes a strong statement regarding aiming to do research towards a more sustainable and low or zero carbon future.
We are mainly led by EU funding, which is strongly focused on responding to societal needs. Hence our research does. This however, is to the detriment to our ability to do fundamental science or true innovation.
Much of the research is focused on addressing key societal challenges including climate adaptation and environmental sustainability
We are a research organisation so our work is almost solely dictated by funding calls - not all of these are tailored to explicit societal needs.
Progress in supporting aquaculture and marine renewable energy developers
Not our core business. However, Climate Change is.
Some of our projects have and do work with local community based initiatives for example a CIC wanting to place a tidal turbine in their coastal waters to provide a renewable energy supply for the whole town/region.
Wales future generations act alighnment, food security, circular economy.
Investigando sobre elementos sostenibles que mejoren la vida en el planeta.
Training of studets Hiring of local suppliers
- Speeding up renewable energy's prototypes in situ tests - Providing more than 20 years of climate data series - Testing sensor prototypes
My organization is focused on new clean energy resources, which has become one the the most important societal needs
Again, absolutely agree that meeting societal needs is a priority, but there are other priorities too that should not be overlooked or replaced, including blue-skies research.
The research interests within the department often overlap with societal needs, and undergo sift processes for funding, but at the end of the day it is the funders that enable research and dictate the opportunities afforded
Conference to get the needs: University for Third age - Science Fair - Crown founding.

What government policies and regulations are you aware of that have directly affected its research and innovation work?
The targets and funding available to the sector
Lei n.º 17/2014, de 10 de abril - Estabelece as Bases da Política de Ordenamento e de Gestão do Espaço Marítimo Nacional (LBOGEM), Decreto-Lei n.º 38/2015, de 12 de março - Desenvolve a Lei n.º 17/2014, de 10 de abril, que estabelece as Bases da Política de Ordenamento e de Gestão do Espaço Marítimo Nacional
Wales National Marine Plan, Wales Environment Act, Well-being of future generations act
Main science funders (SFI) from government funding have strong industry focus, limiting opportunities for more fundamental non-industry relevant research. SFI has certain research priorities that funding applications must be aligned to.
I would feel that lots of government policies around employment requirements, work environment etc would affect the staff of the organisation. Other policies around research ethics and funding would also have an impact
Examples include policies linked to climate action and marine planning
There has been no change to government support to feed in tarrifs for wave energy companies. The long awaited marine spatial plan is not yet finalized after 10 years of negotiations.
Plans for exit from EU have jeopardised research planning (e.g., collaborators in Netherlands didn't want to partner with me on an EU project)
environmental protection regulations, gdpr, employment legislation, procurement regulations,
Lack of funding associated with the marine renewable industry particulalry in Wales
BREXIT - meaning less EU grants for researchers COVID 19 stay at home policy
Animals (scientific procedures) 1986 Act; ODA Compliance;
the university is continually engaged with Governmental and (indirectly funding agencies) at many levels from forming policy to delivering research to address specific policy questions
Brexit. A real disaster, as is already well documented.
The madness that is Brexit and our ability to recruit staff and students, and compete for grants
Lockdown for COVID. Of course very much needed, but has prevented a summer of fieldwork and so has directly impacted multiple projects.
The Enterprise Ireland decision to not invest in the ESA CCI programme. This is driven by Irelands policy being jobs and growth focused, and not on building strong 3rd-level institutes to back up and do truely innovative science which companies can then exploit. ESA representation in Ireland is all done through EI, who extensively liaise with and consult companies, and have limited knowledge or interaction with universities.
The end of feed in tariff for marine renewable energy
No possibility to hire staff. No possibility to increase salaries. Covid-19 state of alarm. Difficulties for obtaining permits for sea trials.
Consenting processes for ocean energy, for instance
Contracting limitations Lack of approval of the General Budget Law
Administrative Authorization for electrical infrastructures
Covid-19!! All work is strongly impacted and some experiments probably cancelled. This impacts my career survival / progression. Additionally, I have no understanding why we're expected to pay exorbitant 'license' fees to Natural Resources Wales to conduct research (usually site permissions for marine licenses) and similarly, the queen - the Crown Estate. Such fees are frequently high, and I find it hard to see how any fee for such research is justifiable. I believe an academia-wide pact should be made to take these organisations to task over the fees they charge.
reduction of public budget for research and scientific employment

What institutional or organisational policies and regulations are you aware of that have directly affected its research and innovation work?
Change in strategy with respect to a merge between institutions.
Terms of employment, salary scales, work environments, IT policies,
Policies on recruitment and administration of funding awards
UCC Finance instructed that it would take a higher cut of overheard from maREI. Increasing Health and safety rules are significantly slowing infrastructure builds as well as testing. Central Procurement is under staffed and has increasing new rules significantly slowing procurement.
procurement policy and regulation, ethics policy and regulation
The Univeristy is continually up-dating its operational policies, including around research ethics, health and safety and reporting
Brexit related. Second, universities managed as businesses - this negatively affect the work environment, research efficiency, etc.
Legal procedures, although necessary, sometimes make work more complicated and hinder accomplishing deadlines
The decision not to invest in the CCI programme shafted a research stream.
Gender is becoming more of a concern than the actual research questions we are paid to address. There are university policies on ethics, integrity, code of conduct for researchers, etc. so these are reflected in our work and adhered to in proposal preparation.
convoluted internal policies slow the productivity of innovation related research. Too many people justifying their jobs by creating work for others resulting in unneccissary form filling for form fillings sake.

What steps, if any, are you aware of that your organisation has taken in the last 12 months to ensure that ethical principles guide its work?
A document with ethical principles was delivered to all researchers
principle of respect for human rights, principle of legality
Integrity, honesty and openness. Ethical approval process carried out for every piece of work.
Researchers are required to completed ethical training and this is being rolled out across the Centre
It has encouraged training in research integrity.
all staff had to complete and ethical online training as well as had in house talk explaining ethics in research
Encourages staff to consider research ethics for example, and university wide ethics committee also exists
Application of animal ethics in research, HPRA licenses etc
Adherence to national guidelines on ethics in research.
UCC have policies and procedures in place in relation to research ethics, which all researchers must follow. There is an ethics committee in the university who deal with this.
all surveys and research that involve contact with public must submit application to UCC Ethics committee
Rigorous ethical review process for all research including undergraduate and postgraduate.
adherence to UCC guidelines on ethics in research, employment and gender policies
All research and development work is subject to review by a University ethics panel .
New projects particulalry those involving animals are submitted to the organisations ethics committee
Research and ethics compulsory courses for researchers and PhD students
Adhering to appropriate scientific and ethical policies outlined by the UK government
The University has ordinance around research ethics, training is provided to staff and students, and where proposed research requires ethical approval it is processed through the appropriate channels,
We have a strong ethical policy that interprets relevant legislation and then gives advice to researchers. It is not used as a "gatekeeper" type of process, but is an advisory process
This is currently a weak aspect of the organisation which - like all universities - has been forced into a business rather than a public service mode of operation.
All research projects in UCC concerning members of the public and protected animals must be reviewed and approved by relevant ethical review boards.
There is a University Ethics Committee and three sub-committees covering different types of research. Researchers are required to submit research proposals to the Committee most relevant to their research methodology.
My organization has seek the development of guidelines and norms, as well as the obtaining of certification.
We have to ensure apply to our research ethics committee before conducting any research that involves animals or people etc.
Highly respectful with the society and environment
conferences about: How to write a paper - what is interlectual property?

Select all of the stages of the research process where you involved stakeholders: / Other (please specify)
(Trans)National Access to installations of the infrastructure

Select all of the stages of the research process where you involved stakeholders: / Other (please specify) / Translation
(Trans)National Access to installations of the infrastructure

What comes to mind when you think of ‘responsible research and innovation’ as it relates to your marine & maritime organisation?
Ensure that the methods for research are supported by any science-based information and the proper publication and sharing of results, either on peer-reviewed or other type of report.
offer new renewable energy solutions and new developments
Focus on subjects that can contribute for a sustainable planet and a sustainable economical growth.
The career of researchers and the core governmental funding of marine RPOs is still to a large degree dependent on scientific publication, particularly the impact factor of journals. High scoring publications, however, seem to have no link with the relevance of the research to organisations outside the RPO. Therefore, the priority of lead researchers remain publications, not RRI. Still, aspects of RRI such as gender equality is an aspiration of my organisation.
Compliance with ethical guidelines, promotion of both diversity and gender equality, alignment with sustainable development and climate justice goals.
Ethical research that serves public interest and addresses societal challenges
Working to the highest ethical standards
Promoting research collaboration to strengthen research and optimise results (involvement of collaborators during research concept, planning data gathering, analysis and writing). Publicising research findings to all stakeholders.
that it acts in a way that conforms to national and UCC legal and moral codes, policies and practices, that also respects subsidiarity. That it has the capacity to respond to changing requirements and priorities regarding the fields it is active in, with a degree of autonomy with respect to blanket UCC policy where this is appropriate and not detrimental to either organisation
Ethically (both human and animal) based research that focuses on both fundamental and applied questions
rigorous, ethically strong and inspirational research
Proper impact assessments, including real impacts at multiple biological/ecological and spatio-temporal scales. This is not done, very often.
I believe we should be responsible in 3 ways: the project itself should be able to achieve its goal, the people working in the project should learn and increase their capabilities by the end of the project, and there should be an output that can be extrapolated to make a better life to our sorroundings. Renewables are a good way to do it. But not if the project is in a protected area for example, distroying habitat. And if the people involved in the project didn´t learn and innovate, the project was basically a repetition.
Do research and innovation without significant impacts to the environment; include dissemination and communication activities in the research activities to allow share and transfer of knowledge; be socially inclusive.
My thought is that we have a job in a governmental body that is therefore paid by the tax payers; hence we ought to work for society benefit, letting them be aware of our progress and demonstrating the general public that it's worthy the public investment.
All activities need to have socioeconomic improvement in society but including ethical principals in it.
To think about the benefits for the general society of the research, to buid a more equal society and environmental friendly
innovation is some time a constraint, because all research is not consider as an innovation. If we just want to understand ecosystem functionning, it is crutial, but it is not concider as innovation ...
equality (gender, etnic, disabled...) and sustainable
useful for environmental and human future, long term research not linked to private lobbies or not only of immediate relevance
Societal, environmental and ethical responsability
For me responsible research and innovation is to build projects that help people to live in a better world without destroying the planet .
Implementation of the sustainable development goals-SDGs
manage ontacts between companies and scientists
Accounting for the opinion of local citizens and industries. Care about environmental impact.

What else, if anything, would you like to add relating to the topics covered in this survey?
I guess that is important to understand that not always is possible to keep gender equality or minorities because of the expertise that is needed to do some research or to explore a certain field of research. During the assessment process it might result that a man or women would be better to be contracted based on their competences.
I believe that gender and ethnicity is irrelevant to my ability to my work, however, I am unsure whether the question was asking this or whether it was asking whether it actually was irrelevant in practice. I
Many of the questions were very confusing and difficult to answer!
Some of the questions asked about barriers, but most did not. I think this is a pity
The Covid-19 working conditions have affected some of my responses as I would normally be working a greater number of hours and spend more time interacting with collaborators/stakeholders.
the survey could benefit from having some explanatory text that discusses the nuances around interpretation of the some of the questions e.g. whilst I believe that there should be no negative discrimination on the grounds of gender or ethnicity, and that UCC policy is the same, this does not mean I automatically believe that invoking, developing or implementing positive discrimination policies or measures to address real or perceived numerical deficits is an essential part of responsible research.
I found the phrase 'concerns for society.' to be very vague and unhelpful
It didn´t take into account the Covid-19. Many questions, specially those about the hours dedicated in the past 7 days will not be representative of a "normal" week before the pandemia. Also, you ask questions about how the organization is handling things, which in my case I don´t know. But you didn´t ask why I answered Yes or No to the questions.
It is true that organisations need to take into account the ethnic and gender factor, but only when the person is qualified for the job. I do not agree having the same equality if these people are less qualified than others, only to fulfill the 50-50 equality.
gender is not an issue to work in research. But it highly affect the career : men are more promoted than women ...