Good scientific practice and ombuds office

The Faculty of Medicine Tübingen takes all reports of academic misconduct very seriously and investigates them carefully. Four academics elected by the University Senate are available as ombudspersons. For the area of clinical sciences, these are Professor Reinhild Klein and Professor Anil Batra; for the area of basic sciences, Professor Marius Ueffing and Professor Sandra Beer-Hammer. In addition, the Faculty's Ombuds Office offers low-threshold counseling options. Dr. Inka Montero and Ms. Heidrun Jakob will advise you here.

The following applies to all information and procedures: All consultations are confidential. The principle of the presumption of innocence always applies. No information is provided on ongoing proceedings.

The Faculty offers events and courses for all target groups of the Faculty to teach good scientific practice and prevention.

The Faculty Commission for Academic Ethics and Compliance also deals with fundamental questions on the subject and advises the Faculty Executive Board

The ombudspersons of the Faculty of Medicine offer confidential advice to basic and clinical scientists on questions of scientific integrity and specific cases of conflict. The advice is based on the rules of good scientific practice (GWP) and offers solution-oriented conflict moderation. The ethics committee will advise you on questions relating to clinical trials.

Typical topics addressed by the ombudspersons are supervision conflicts, authorship issues, publication-related GSP issues.

The ombudspersons regularly hold seminars and lectures on GSP, including aspects of scientific misconduct. These events are mandatory for all doctoral candidates, postdocs and supervisors.

The Ombuds Office of the Faculty of Medicine Tübingen offers scientists (doctoral students, postdocs, habilitation candidates) confidential advice on questions and conflicts in the context of good scientific practice.

At the request of the person providing information, contact can be established with one of the ombudspersons of the Faculty of Medicine.

The ombuds office is part of the network of ombuds offices in Germany.

For external advice, you can also contact the ombuds committee set up by the DFG or the ombudsman's office "Ombudsman for Science"

The following table provides an overview of the cases that the ombudspersons dealt with in 2024.
It should be noted that these are allegations or indications that may not have been confirmed in some cases.