Center for General Education

 

114-1 Academic Ethics Lecture
Organizers: 
University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT)
－Innovation-Oriented Curriculum and Talent Development Program
Center for General Education, National Taiwan University

 

● Information
Topic: Irreplicability, Fraud, and Self-Correction in Science
Date: 13:20-15:10, Nov. 12th （Wed.）, 2025
Venue: Room 103, Boya Lecture Building, NTU Main Campus
Speaker: Dr. David Cyranoski, Senior Lecturer, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology （ASHBi）, Kyoto University
Language: English

 

● Introduction
This lecture explores the idea of self-correction of fraud and why it fails. It is often said, in the wake of fraud cases, that science is self-correcting, as if the fraud was inevitably going to be exposed.
By looking at various case studies, the speaker shows why this reasoning is fallacious, why there is no &quot；mechanism&quot； to catch fraud, why there are actually a lot of impediments to catching fraud, and why there are fewer disincentives to carrying out fraud than one imagines.
It is meant to be a thought-provoking analysis of how the community functions and deals with irreplicable and suspect results. I think it helps us understand the mentality of those who commit fraud.
This lecture covers academic ethics courses in Category 1 for 1 hour and Category 2 for 1 hour. Masters and doctoral students （after 2018 admissions） must obtain at least 6 hours across at least three categories to fulfill the requirement. Participants must make up any shortfall in course hours on their own.

 

● Agenda
12:50–13:20: Registration
13:20–13:30: Introduction of the speaker
13:30–14:30: Lecture Start
14:30–14:50: Q&amp；A session
14:50–15:20: End of Lecture and sign-out sheet

 

● Notice
1. Link: https://my.ntu.edu.tw/actregister/sessionList.aspx?actID=20253700_08
https://forms.gle/fg1ycSXR2ev8g8bW6
2. We have an open quota of 250 participants. Please register using the NTU activity registration system. The Google form can be filled in if you cannot register using the NTU activity registration system or are a student outside NTU. If you cant attend, please cancel your registration as early as possible.
3. Full participation （not late, no early departure, and online sign-in and sign-out） is required to receive a study certificate.
4. Registration is from 12:50 to 13:20, and the feedback form and sign-out are from 14:50 to 15:20.
5. Contact: Mr. Yu, Center for General Education, NTU （Phone: 02-3366-2545 #242； Email: tzuhungyu@ntu.edu.tw）