Research security webinar series: Striking the balance between research security, integrity and openness (4th session)

The fourth session of the Research Security Arqus research webinar series will take place on Wednesday 8th July, from 11:30–12:30 CEST on Microsoft Teams.

Research security has quickly become a core topic for universities, research organisations, companies and funding stakeholders – shaping international collaboration, institutional risk management, and day-to-day research support. Maynooth University, partnering with other Arqus universities, aim to raise awareness of and improve institutional practices and understanding related to research security across the Alliance.

This webinar ‘Striking the Balance between Research Security, Integrity and Openness’ organised by MU Research Development Office aims to raise awareness and promote best practices for safeguarding research activities. In this session, expert speakers will explore how ‘best practice’ can complement and support both Research Security and Research Integrity, followed by a session covering the tension between open science and security risks and how best to navigate this. 

This webinar is aimed at researchers and research administration professionals, as well as all those involved in research governance, compliance and international collaboration. 

The confirmed speakers are leading Irish experts in the fields of research Integrity and open research;

• Prof Maura Hiney: Maura is an Adjunct Professor of Research Integrity at University College Dublin’s (UCD), working with the Research Culture team on connections between research integrity and culture. She is a founding member of the Irish National Research Integrity Forum and played a key role in developing the National Policy on Ensuring Integrity in Irish Research (updated in 2019 and 2024) and the 2022 Guidelines on Ensuring Integrity in Collaborative Research. She chairs the All European Academies (ALLEA) Research Ethics and Integrity Council and led the Drafting Group for the European Code of Conduct on Research Integrity (2017 and 2023). She was elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2025 for her work on research integrity policy.

• Lindsay Dowling: Lindsay is a research support manager, currently working to develop Open Research Support Services in TU Dublin. She is an expert voice in Open Science, as the former EARMA open science co-chair and a recent recipient of EU REINFORCING funding looking into the attitudes to open research and research security in Ireland.