Research Culture
- 40 research environments are working throughout 2027 on projects that promote talent and counter discrimination.
- The purpose is to create an inclusive environment where important results arise from integrity and fairness.
- Everyone can take part – use our model for focus group meetings with materials at the bottom of the page.
A strong research environment is not just about top-class results
It is about a working community feeling included, developing, and contributing – regardless of discipline, gender, age, nationality, disability or religion.
Diversity strengthens both efficiency and research quality – but at DCM we also work with inclusion because we believe that integrity and fairness are core values.
- Participants: Research assistants, postdocs, assistant professors, PhD, master’s-thesis and medical students, and possibly hospital employed researchers.
- Not invited: Associate professor level and above.
- Duration: 2 hours.
- Purpose: Discuss improvement opportunities based on the meeting’s five themes.
Materials:
- Introduction to the focus group meeting – 5 themes you should cover (PDF for download)
- The focus group meeting – for the moderator (PDF for download)
- The focus group meeting – conclusion paper (Word file for download)
The meeting is chaired by an early-career DCM researcher appointed by the chair professor/research leader.
- Participants: Everyone from the first meeting + the research leader and senior researchers (associate professor level and above).
- Duration: 1 hour.
- Purpose: The facilitator presents the focus group’s conclusions. You then jointly choose the initiative you will work on for the next two years.
Material: Follow-up meeting – conclusion paper (Word file for download)
