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Participate in research

Labs, a platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), is designed to welcome research teams, universities, engineers, student teams and scientists into supervised research. This page explains the terms that protect everyone who takes part: who supervises the work, who owns what is made, which ethics rules apply and how contributions are credited. Applications open when their terms and review capacity exist; until then, you can register interest. Information and enquiries are open today.

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01Contents

Participate in research in five parts.

In this dossier5 parts
  1. 01SupervisionEvery participant has a named supervisor
  2. 02Intellectual propertyOwnership and licences are agreed before work starts
  3. 03EthicsThe same ethics rules for every participant
  4. 04CreditContributions are credited accurately
  5. 05PrivacyHow your information is used
02Supervision

Every participant has a named supervisor.

Students, early-career researchers and volunteers work on safe tasks with a mentor and a learning plan, never on an unsupervised high-consequence assignment. Senior contributors work to a written scope with a named reviewer.

03Intellectual property

Ownership and licences are agreed before work starts.

  • Each project’s terms state who owns what is created, and the licence for data, code and publications.
  • Participants keep the rights in their prior work unless they agree otherwise in writing.
  • Contribution and rights terms are part of the research protocol and the resource decision.
  • Nothing is published using a participant’s work beyond what the terms allow.
04Ethics

The same ethics rules for every participant.

Design

Protocols first

Work follows protocols and research design, including human subjects rules.

Integrity

Independent scrutiny

Negative findings and independent scrutiny always remain possible, whoever funds the work.

Concerns

Safe routes to raise concerns

Integrity concerns go to the integrity concern form; safeguarding concerns to the safeguarding report form.

05Credit

Contributions are credited accurately.

  1. 01

    Authorship

    Authorship follows contribution, agreed openly and recorded with the result.

  2. 02

    Contribution records

    Each participant can receive a record of what they did, under whose supervision.

  3. 03

    Limits

    A contribution record is not a degree, a professional licence or a promise of employment.

06Privacy

How your information is used.

An expression of interest is used to answer you and to keep a record. It is never used for marketing or shared with The Global Risks Forum (GRF) or The Global Risks Alliance (GRA). Requests about your data go to the privacy request form, and GCRI’s notice is on privacy and data.

07Questions

Questions and answers.

Is there a fee to take part?
No fee applies to ordinary participation. Any payment for professional work is set out in written terms before the work starts.
Can I take part from outside a university?
Yes. Engineers, practitioners and independent scientists can take part under the same terms, subject to the eligibility policy.
How do I register interest?
Write to the research collaboration form with your field and the kind of work you are looking for. Students and experts can also see GCRI pathways for experts and students.
What if I disagree with how my work is credited?
Raise it with your supervisor, or with the integrity concern form. Disputes are reviewed by someone not responsible for the contested decision.
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