Communicating with integrity: "Encouraging support, training and guidance for researchers" (Leru)

"Communicating research with integrity is a key, and often overlooked, part of the research integrity agenda. This paper aims to encourage research institutions to strengthen their support, training and guidance for researchers so that they can be well prepared to communicate their research effectively and with integrity", can one read in a Leru advice paper "Communicating with Integrity: Supporting researchers with best practice in communication" published on 22/10/2024.

Leru notes that communicating the results of research is a central part of the mission of researchers and their institutions, as it is "through effective communication that universities contribute to society, culture, and the economy by sharing knowledge, ideas and innovation".

"Communication is only truly effective if it is trusted. However, trust can be impacted by poor quality science communication, such as a lack of transparency, over-hyping findings or failure to communicate uncertainty. This issue is particularly critical during periods of high public interest in research".

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