“It takes two flints…” Insights into PhD supervision for responsible research

“It takes two flints to start a fire: A focus group study into PhD supervision for responsible research”

https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2025.2457584

A recent study by Tamarinde Haven highlights practices that supervisors should do to foster a responsible supervisory climate. Practices focus both on fostering responsible research practices, such as evaluating the research relevance or normalizing discussions on ethics, as well creating a psychological safe relationship to allow for discussing dilemmas or mistakes. Haven highlights the importance of having a relationship with mutual trust in which open discussion on responsible research practices is possible. Recommended read!