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Research Ethics for Students in the Social Sciences

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  • Offers a non-technical introduction into research ethics

  • Contains an express student-oriented perspective

  • Has a robust didactic design (including case studies, assignments and various boxes)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Jaap Bos
    Pages 1-5Open Access
  3. Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Science

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 9-28Open Access
    3. Perspectives

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 29-51Open Access
  4. Ethics and Misconduct

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Plagiarism

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 55-80Open Access
    3. Fabrication and Cheating

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 81-116Open Access
    4. Falsifying

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 117-146Open Access
  5. Ethics and Trust

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Confidentiality

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 149-173Open Access
    3. Conflicts of Interest

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 175-198Open Access
    4. Science and University Politics

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 199-224Open Access
  6. Forms, Codes, and Types of Regulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Research Ethics Step by Step

      • Jaap Bos
      Pages 227-273Open Access
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 275-287

About this book

This open access textbook offers a practical guide into research ethics for undergraduate students in the social sciences. A step-by-step approach of the most viable issues, in-depth discussions of case histories and a variety of didactical tools will aid the student to grasp the issues at hand and help him or her develop strategies to deal with them.

This book addresses problems and questions that any bachelor student in the social sciences should be aware of, including plagiarism, data fabrication and other types of fraud, data augmentation, various forms of research bias, but also peer pressure, issues with confidentiality and questions regarding conflicts of interest. Cheating, ‘free riding’, and broader issues that relate to the place of the social sciences in society are also included. The book concludes with a step-by-step approach designed to coach a student through a research application process.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jaap Bos

About the author



Jaap Bos is tenured Senior Researcher (Associate Professor) at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.


Bos has a long standing career in the field of academic education. He has been teaching both in English as well as in Dutch. Furthermore, he has developed numerous courses over the past 10 years and contributed to many more. 


The emphasis in his teachings is on qualitative analysis of communication (conversation and discourse analysis, content analysis), philosophy of the social sciences. He was nominated ‘best teacher of the year’ in 2009-10 


Bos has written extensively on the history and philosophy of the social sciences, including several studies on psychoanalysis, a biography of the influential Dutch educationalist Martinus Langeveld, a Chronic of Dutch post-war educationalists (with Willem Koops), a study on psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel (with Leendert Groenendijk), and a textbook on Discourseanalysis. He was chief editor of the Dutch Journal of Biography (2012-2017). Bos is member of the departmental IRB of Utrecht University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Research Ethics for Students in the Social Sciences

  • Authors: Jaap Bos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48415-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020

  • License: CC BY

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48414-9Published: 15 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-48417-0Published: 16 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-48415-6Published: 14 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Research Ethics, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Psychological Methods/Evaluation

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Softcover Book USD 49.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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