Conflict of Interest

• Your name has been put forward for a role in the examining committee or as an opponent, an expert in matters of employment/promotion, anevaluator of quality in education or research, or other role. Before you can begin, you must complete a declaration concerning conflict of interest. What follows here is some general information about conflict of interest and then the declaration itself. Be sure to complete the declaration in full. Extra space is provided for comments. If a role has yet to be confirmed, select "No" on the relevant pages.

  Conflict of Interest

  The purpose of the rules on conflict of interest is to prevent a person from being involved in the processing of a case or from being present when a decision is made about a circumstance that puts into question their impartiality. For example, a person who is appointed opponent or examining committee member/examiner at a licentiate seminar may be in a position of conflict of interest in relation to the doctoral student and also in relation to, for example, a supervisor or co-author.

  Rules of conflict of interest can be found in the Swedish Administrative Procedure Act (sections 16-18). Conflict of interest is a matter that is assessed on an individual basis. If a conflict of interest is obviously irrelevant in an individual case, then it should be disregarded. If it is relevant in the individual case, the University will assess whether a lawyer should look more closely at the matter.

  
  

  In this declaration, you are to confirm that you:

  • are aware of what conflict of interest means in the matter in which you are going to be involved
  • do not have a conflict of interest in the matter in question
  • will tell the person responsible if a conflict of interest arises at any point during the work
• I agree to Dalarna University processing my personal data
• I am aware that this declaration is an official document that is normally public
• First name :
• Surname:
• Email:
• Title:
• Employer:
• Assignments that are carried out at Dalarna University that this declaration applies to are as follows: --- Thesis defence and licentiate seminar (opponent/examining committee member/substitute in the examining committee Expert in matters of employment/promotion Other role/evaluation of quality in education or research

• Thesis defence and licentiate seminar

  To disclose any potential conflicts of interest, please anwer the following questions.

• State the name of the doctoral student whose public defence/licentiate seminar this concerns:
• 1. Are you related to/do you have a close relationship with the doctoral student or anyone who is close to the doctoral student, the supervisor or any co-authors that could affect your impartiality?
  This also applies to former supervisors. Relationships where there was conflict also count.
• 2. Have you had academic/scientific collaboration and/or co-production with the doctoral student, the supervisor or any co-authors over the last five years? --- Yes No
  A joint article is enough to be considered co-production/co-authorship. Conflict of interest may exist for more than five years if there has been close collaboration, such as a doctoral student – supervisor relationship.
• 3. Have you been a supervisor of the doctoral student or the co-authors? --- Yes No
• 4. Is there any other circumstance related to the present assignment that you consider could lead to your impartiality being questioned by an external party? --- Yes No
• Further comments about any possible conflict of interest
  If you are unsure whether a conflict of interest exists, you should disclose this.
• I do not consider myself to have a conflict of interest in this matter.

• Expert in matters of employment/promotion

  To disclose any potential conflicts of interest, please answer the following questions.

• Applies to the following position:
• Please state the reference number for the position:
• 1. Are you related to/do you have a close relationship with somebody involved in the recruitment/promotion that could affect your impartiality? --- Yes No
  This also applies to former relationships. Those where there was conflict also count.
• 2. Have you had academic/scientific collaboration and/or co-production with the doctoral student or, if there is one, the co-author over the last five years? --- Yes No
  A joint article is enough to be considered co-production/co-authorship. Conflict of interest may exist for more than five years if there has been close collaboration, such as a doctoral student – supervisor relationship.
• 3. Is there any other circumstance related to the present assignment that you consider could lead to your impartiality being questioned by an external party? --- Yes No
• Further comments about any possible conflict of interest
  If you are unsure whether a conflict of interest exists, you should disclose this.
• I do not consider myself to have a conflict of interest in this matter.

• Evaluation of quality in education or research/other role 

  To disclose any potential conflicts of interest, please answer the following question.

• Applies to the following evaluation:
• Applies to the following role/assignment:
• 1. I have a connection with Dalarna University that may affect my impartiality in relation to this role/assignment. --- Yes No
  For example, employment, former employment, student, teaching, research collaboration, connection with the evaluation/assignment in question.
• 2. Is there any other circumstance related to the present assignment that you consider could lead to your impartiality being questioned by an external party? --- Yes No
• Further comments about any possible conflict of interest
  If you are unsure whether a conflict of interest exists, you should disclose this.
• I do not consider myself to have a conflict of interest in this matter.