Ethics as Practice: People, data and research

The purpose of this session is to highlight the role and importance of ethics in funded research programmes at the intersection of technology, heritage, academia and their publics. Early in the life of the Discovery Projects, we identified a gap in programme-level engagement with research and data ethics practices. In response we convened a workshop held in January 2024, which brought together representatives from the five Discovery Projects and the TaNC programme directorate to explore ethical concerns and develop recommendations for policy and practice. We will briefly present the findings of the report which resulted from the workshop, highlighting the importance of systematic and comprehensive ethical scrutiny and values-based working, as well as the need for guidance and support in navigating through these matters at a programme level. We will then invite our panellists to participate in a structured question and answer session based on the report's findings and their own research and experiences.