2026 NRIN Annual Symposium
About this Event
We are excited to announce that the NRIN Annual Symposium 2026, with the central theme ‘Navigating with the renewed Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – novelties and challenges ahead’, will be held on 3rd December 2026 at Radboudumc.
This year’s symposium will feature a plenary discussion on the renewed Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and thematic workshop sessions designed to encourage interactive discussions and mutual learning on the relevance of the mandates and duties of care from the code to the different stakeholders (e.g. policy advisors, members of research integrity committees, confidential advisors on research integrity, researchers and educators). There will also be plenty of opportunities for networking!
The symposium is a free onsite event (registration required!) open to both the Dutch (Universities and Hogescholen) and international academic communities.
We invite academics, researchers, students, policy advisors, confidential advisors, members of research integrity committees and other non-academic staff to join us at this event, which promises to spark discussions and critical reflections on the novelties of the revised Code, the opportunities and challenges ahead!
Preliminary Program
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:10 Grand Opening
prof. dr. Mariëtte van den Hoven, NRIN Chair
dr. Rita F. Alves dos Santos, NRIN Coordinator
10:10 – 11:15 The revised Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – panel session with the members of the Writing Committee
Panel members:
- prof. dr. Jeroen de Ridder (VU Amsterdam & Chair of the Committee)
- prof. dr. Jonathan Soeharno (UvA)
- MSc. Marc de Droog (TNO)
- prof. dr. Iris van Rooij (Radboud University)
- More to be announced
Chair: prof. dr. Mariëtte van den Hoven (NRIN Chair)
11:15 – 12:30 Parallel Workshop sessions
- AI & Research Integrity (facilitated by prof. dr. Iris van Rooij, Radboud University)
- Violations of Research Integrity (facilitated by prof. dr. Jonathan Soeharno, UvA)
- Duties of Care in action: giving research integrity new momentum (facilitated by Marc de Droog, TNO, and prof. dr. Marijtje van Duijn, University of Groningen)
- Implementation of the NCCRI: working on a healthy research culture (facilitated by Dr. Natascha van Hattum-Janssen, Saxion University)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 Keynote Speaker - TBA
- chaired by dr. Joeri Tijdink (VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC)
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30 Research Integrity Rounds
16:30 – 17:00 Closing and Borrel
Workshop Information
Violations of Research Integrity facilitated by prof. dr. Jonathan Soeharno, UvA
This workshop addresses amendments to the 2026 Code and the preceding discussions regarding the questions 1) what constitutes as a violation of research integrity? and 2) how is this to be established in the complaints procedure?
Target group: members of research integrity committees (CWI), Confidential Advisors for Research Integrity (VP), institutional legal officer and those with an interest in the topic.
Duties of Care in action: giving research integrity new momentum facilitated by Marc de Droog (TNO) and prof. dr. Marijtje van Duijn (University of Groningen)
What is the role of organisations in fostering a culture of research integrity? What are we already doing, what works, and what can we learn from one another? And how can we use the revision of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (NGWI) as a catalyst for renewed attention and new initiatives?
On 1 January 2027, the revised NGWI will come into force. This revision provides a natural opportunity to reflect on how we support and promote research integrity within our organisations.
An important element of the revised NGWI are the duties of care of institutions. In the new version, these responsibilities have been further clarified and made more concrete.
In this workshop, we will get to work together. We will explore how organisations can give practical effect to their duties of care and design concrete initiatives to strengthen research integrity. We will also develop ideas for using the revised NGWI as a catalyst for awareness, dialogue and meaningful improvements within our organisations.
Who will help make Q2 2027 the quarter of research integrity?
Target group: Professionals involved in policy, support, communications, training or governance related to research integrityResearch Integrity Rounds
Implementation of the NCCRI: working on a healthy research culture facilitated by Dr. Natascha van Hattum-Janssen (Saxion)
This workshop is aimed at policy advisors and researchers in practice-based research at Universities of Applied Sciences. It focuses on possibilities to contribute to an open and healthy research culture in which researchers of all levels of experience and expertise share and discuss issues and dilemmas in an open and safe environment and learn from each other.
Research Integrity Rounds
Research integrity dilemmas in the context of the revised Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity 2027
In Research Integrity Round#27, we will introduce the new code through a series of interactive case deliberations.
The revised code points to the importance of dialogue and deliberation about integrity issues. We step up to the plate with RIR#27. Principles and rules are general; they need interpretation to be of guidance in the specific integrity issues that confront us on the daily working floor of academic research. In case more principles and rules are at stake simultaneously or even conflict and steer us into diverse directions, we need to balance and judge how to navigate with integrity.
We will discuss specific issues from each of the phases of research mentioned in Chapter 3 of the code. The public is invited to take a position on dilemmas, discuss reasons and arguments for options, listen to each other's considerations, and, of course, take into account the principles and rules of the revised code
RIR#27 is organized in close collaboration with the .
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