Eleni Spyrakou is a senior researcher at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. She has studied Philosophy, and she holds an MPhil in Philosophy focusing on Ethics and Political philosophy (King’s College London, UK) and a PhD (Hons) in Political Philosophy (University of Ioannina, Greece). Her main research interests include applied ethics (bioethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, research ethics and integrity), the ethics-politics relation and its epistemological problems, the methodology/ies of social sciences. During the last 4 years she has focused on research ethics and research integrity through Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects.
Research integrity extends beyond the trustworthiness of basic research results and outputs. How can we ensure that the translation and transformation of those research results into societal outputs and governance policies are equally trustworthy?