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She is guest editor for this special issue ofScience and Engineering Ethics on “Trustworthy Research”.

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Whitbeck, C. Trustworthy research—An editorial introduction. Sci Eng Ethics 1, 322–328 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02583248

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