'Data Sharing: Legal and Ethical Issues' Webinar (April 2025)

Session Description:  

While all data underpinning research should be made open, in some cases there are legal and ethical barriers to doing so. This webinar looks at how to overcome the legal and ethical issues involved with sharing data.   

Session objectives:   

• Understand copyright and intellectual property rights
• Learn about options for licensing research data
• Understand how to gain valid consent to share data
• Find out how to understand permissions to re-use research data 

​Target audience:  

Postgraduate Research Students, Research Staff and Research Support Staff   

Session leads:  

This session will be led by Isabel Chadwick and Maxine Borton 

RDF Category:  

C1 Professional Conduct (Ethics, Legal Requirements, IPR & Copyright), C2 Research Management, D2 Communication and dissemination 

Registration:  

If you wish to attend, please register and you will be sent a calendar invitation. The session will be recorded, so if you cannot attend but would like to receive a link to the session recording, please register as normal and write in the registration page comments that you won’t be attending the live event.