Weaving ethics into academic research

Abstract

The college/UAS sector is traditionally oriented towards professional studies, and the incorporation of applied research is a more recent development. Therefore, the sector has specific foci of research, including income from applied research, compliance between applied research and other disciplines, practical applications of applied research results, applied research in collaboration with socio-economic partners and purposeful dissemination of applied research results to promote regional development. Our brief overview concludes that the young college/UAS sector in Lithuania has exiting opportunities and potential to be pioneers and to take advantage of developing structures for research ethics support in newly built research structures. In contrast, traditional universities and research centres must incorporate research ethics within existing research structures.