Research integrity
The James Hutton Institute is committed to the highest standards of research practice and scientific publishing and upholds all commitments made under the Universities UK concordat.
The James Hutton Institute expects all individuals performing research on its behalf, or using its facilities and resources, to uphold national and international standards of integrity and follow best practice guidelines issued by government, regulatory bodies, funders, publishers and learned societies.
Commercial services
The James Hutton Group currently provides a number of commercial services for oil and gas companies through our commercial arm, James Hutton Limited. The main scientific techniques and expertise involved are x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and inorganic isotope analysis.
We will continue to provide commercial services to oil and gas sector as a means of supporting the transition of the sector, recognising that the sector supplies not only fossil fuels but a myriad of other items based on petrochemicals, that our services help to support health and safety aspects in the sector, and that they are helping to reduce the impact of the sector on the environment in terms of pollutants and maximising the efficiency of production. Howeverm as part of our commitment to the shift towards a low carbon economy, we commit to only providing services and research opportunities to those companies which have a clear plan to transition to net zero based on recognised criteria and science-based targets. We also commit to ongoing investment in business development activities that redirect the science expertise and knowledge currently focussed on fossil fuel production activities to other areas including those that directly support the transition to a low carbon economy.
Research Integrity Group
Established to:
- Promote and advise on best research practice to members of the institute.
- Investigate allegations of research misconduct made against members of the institute.
Contacts:
- To report possible instances of research misconduct by a member or affiliate of the James Hutton Institute email ResearchIntegrityGroup@hutton.ac.uk.
- The Named Person for investigating allegations of research misconduct is Dr Piers Hemsley.
- The Executive Member: Professor Deb Roberts.
- The Institute’s Information Governance Officer is Evangelia Apostolakopoulou.
