Professor Heidi Partti appointed as a member of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK for the term 2025–2027
The Ministry of Education and Culture has appointed the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK for the office term from February 1, 2025, to December 31, 2027. Our professor, Heidi Partti, will represent the University of the Arts Helsinki on the board.
“It is a great joy and honor to be involved in promoting research ethics through this new role,” says Heidi Partti.
Partti, who works as a professor of music education at the Sibelius Academy, has long served first as a research integrity advisor at the University of the Arts Helsinki and then as a member and now the chair of the ethical review committee of Uniarts Helsinki.
“Membership in the National Board on Research Integrity opens up a new perspective on research integrity issues. I am also pleased that through my membership, I can bring the perspectives of art research into the discussion on research integrity.”
Although the goals of research integrity are common to all, the practical questions related to them can appear very different in various fields.
“In projects that combine artistic practices and research, we often have to consider very complex questions related to the interface between art and research, the freedom of art, and the role of the artist-researcher. I hope that I can contribute to fostering fruitful interaction between research ethics and artistic and art-related research.”
A new era of research integrity questions
According to Partti, it is expected that research integrity questions will become increasingly central during the upcoming term.
“Currently, the strong emergence of generative artificial intelligence in all areas of work, including researchers’ everyday work, brings entirely new questions for which no one has ready answers.”
However, Partti reminds us that the basic principles of good scientific practice—reliability, honesty, respect, and accountability—still apply, even as the world changes and technology evolves.
“Now more than ever, we need dialogue and cooperation to ensure the reliability and quality of research in the future.”
Increasing publication pressure and competition
As the research environment changes, publication pressure continues to grow, and competition intensifies.
“For research, it is crucial to consider how to ensure that our research environment genuinely builds on the principles of good scientific practice despite these challenges.”
Partti emphasises the importance of strengthening researchers’ ethical competence and engaging in discussions where ethical questions are considered together.
“As a member of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity, I believe I can help promote the reliability of Finnish research and scientific knowledge. This is a matter close to my heart, as only ethically high-quality research can be reliable.”
Who?
Heidi Partti
- Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy
- Member (since 2020) and Chair (since 2021) of the ethical review committee of Uniarts Helsinki
- Research integrity advisor since 2019
- Teaches research ethics to master’s and doctoral students at the Uniarts Helsinki
- Trained as a research ethics educator based on virtue ethics (2021)
- Researches questions related to research ethics, especially in the context of generative artificial intelligence
- Participated in discussions on research ethics, e.g., in the Think Open blog (In Finnish) https://blogs.helsinki.fi/thinkopen/tutkimuskanavan-valinta-on-eettinen-kysymys/
- Will give a keynote lecture on research ethics at the SibA Research Days event on March 25, 2025