Disciplines
Since it explores all fields of science, research at the CNRS is intrinsically multidisciplinary.
Research must deliver benefit. It must benefit society. It should help humanity to progress. It must share knowledge and innovate. In this way, we can push the boundaries of our understanding. To achieve this, the CNRS has chosen to pursue research that leverages every field, in pursuit of sustainable progress, to deliver technological, scientific or societal advances.
Since it explores all fields of science, research at the CNRS is intrinsically multidisciplinary.
Bringing stakeholders together, founding partnerships, fostering the conditions for a long-lasting collaboration
The credibility and legitimacy of public research is grounded above all in evaluation.
Institutional scientific expertise aims to enlighten public decision making and debates relating to major societal issues.
Innovative inventions, technologies and businesses: the spark of innovation begins in laboratories conducting basic research.
The CNRS as a stakeholder is fully committed to the life of the community.
Scientific integrity is one of the founding principles of the CNRS. A guarantee of research credibility that builds trust with its public, scientific integrity is based on a system of rules and values, delivered by the Mission for Scientific Integrity (MIS) and the CNRS’s Scientific Integrity Officer.
At the CNRS, the values of deontology, scientific integrity, and ethics are fundamental and constitute the foundation of our responsibility in terms of research and innovation.
The role of Ethics Officer derives from the law dated April 20th 2016 on ethics and the rights and obligations of civil servants and its implementing decree in April 2017. The Ethics Officer is legally responsible for responding to requests for advice from civil servants on ethics and more specifically on integrity, probity, neutrality, secularity, professional secrecy, the independence of researchers, hierarchical obedience, occupying more than one job and conflicts of interest.
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