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Sweden has passed a law to create a government agency to investigate research misconduct. On June 18, the Swedish Parliament passed the law to create the Research Misconduct Board, which will become active in January 2020 and oversee cases of misconduct from public higher education institutions, central government agencies, municipalities, county councils, and private education providers. This move comes after a series of high-profile scientific misconduct cases in the last few years, Nature reported yesterday (July 9).
At the moment, institutions investigate allegations internally. This can lead to cases not being treated fairly or to a lack of transparency, Karin Åmossa, head of research and international affairs at the Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers, tells Nature.
In one case that arose in 2015, trachea surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was at Karolinksa Institute at the time, was accused of misconduct relating to experimental ...
