Promoting openness

1. HAMK endorses the strategic goals for open science and research defined by the research community in its own strategies and directing, with consideration for the characteristics of its organization.
   • Promoting open science and research is an important goal in HAMK’s strategy.
2. HAMK supports and encourages its members to attain the objectives and goals of the policies in their everyday work.
   • HAMK has created systematic processes to increase knowledge of open science.
   • HAMK has integrated guidance related to open science as an integral part of the thesis process and the services for RDI projects.
3. HAMK actively participates in the national open science and research coordination activities.
   • People from HAMK are actively participating in both the national coordination group for open science of The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and in the universities of applied sciences’ open RDI and teaching -network and its national steering group.
   • HAMK is participating closely in the RUN European University’s open science network by appointing two staff members to be ambassadors of open science.

• We are committed to promoting the principles of open science and research and we do so in collaboration with both national and international parties.
• The research data produced at HAMK and connected with published results is by default open and available for shared use.
• Research projects are required to make a data management plan which includes the principles of open data and takes into account the protection of confidential information, data security, privacy protection, and appropriate disposal of data, in accordance to legislation and HAMK guidelines.
• HAMK offers an infrastructure for research data management in collaboration with national and international parties. The infrastructure includes tools and services for searching, using, sharing, and describing data.
• HAMK staff is recommended to publish primarily in open access publications. Other publications will be parallel archived to Theseus open repository.
• HAMK students are recommended to deposit their theses into Theseus.
• Teaching staff is encouraged to openly share their educational material.
• The support services for open RD&I guide HAMK staff members at different phases of research process and, when needed, offer training to complement the national open science education and training.
• A fee may be charged for data sets processed for the use of business and communal actors.

Each member of the university of applied sciences community is responsible for following good research ethics, responsible conduct of research (by The Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK), law, contracts and instructions given by the institution.

1. Each member of HAMK community is responsible for the legality and ethicality of the material they produce.
2. When it comes to thesis and other research and development projects that are connected to studies, thesis instructor will make sure that the student has familiarized themselves with responsible conduct of research.
3. The project’s responsible manager or project manager is liable for responsible conduct of research during the whole process.
4. Individuals are responsible for acting out agreed operating practices.

HAMK is committed to promoting openness and cooperates in it with national and international operatives. HAMK’s ambition until 2030 is openness as HAMK’s shared operations model, which is reflected through all operatives. To be able to reach the goals of openness, HAMK is ensuring that the principles of RDI activities are being realized as a natural part of the institution’s processes and in the daily work of people of HAMK.

HAMK wants to offer researchers, staff, and students possibilities to increase their competency related to openness. HAMK is actively offering guidance in openness for students and staff by organizing versatile trainings and events.
To ensure adequate competencies in promoting openness, HAMK is actively participating in national cooperation in the different sectors of developing openness. HAMK’s RDI support team has representatives in all of the Open science expert panels coordinated by The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: culture of open scholarship, open data, open access and open education.

HAMK is also working in close cooperation with other universities of applied sciences to promote open RDI activities (for example universities of applied sciences’ network of open RDI activities and teaching).

1. in the strategy and by principles,
2. by a functional management and support structure,
3. by up-to-date policies related to research data and open education,
4. by functional and up-to-date instructions,
5. by systematic and functional RDI service models,
6. by active dialogue with HAMK research units,
7. with diverse trainings and
8. by actively following the national and international development.

The RDI support team of HAMK is offering support for anyone in HAMK when it comes to openness. The RDI support team has experts from library and information services, strategic communications, project services, and IT and information management services.