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Policies & Guidelines

Membership terms, data ethics, and authorship principles for collaborative research.

01Membership Terms

Participation Agreement

By applying to join DARE Lab, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms:

01Personal Capacity

Your participation is in your personal capacity as a researcher. You will conduct DARE Lab work during your own time, outside of primary institutional obligations, and will not use your institution's resources without explicit permission.

02Institutional Independence

DARE Lab is a decentralized research collective and does not represent your employing institution. Your affiliation is listed for identification only. You are responsible for compliance with your institution's collaboration policies.

03Conflict of Interest

You will disclose any potential conflicts, ensure DARE Lab activities don't interfere with institutional responsibilities, and seek approvals as required by your institution.

04Intellectual Property

All research outputs are intended for academic publication. You will only contribute materials you have the right to share and respect all intellectual property rights.

05Research Ethics

You agree to follow DARE Lab's Data Usage Policy, ensure ethics compliance for human subjects research, and maintain research integrity in all collaborations.

06Publication Ethics

You will follow DARE Lab Authorship Guidelines, accurately represent contributions and affiliations, and commit to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) principles.

02Ethical Data Practices

Data Usage Policy

Approved Sources

Permitted Data

  • Public aviation databases (Eurocontrol, FAA, ICAO)
  • Open-access datasets with attribution
  • Published research data
  • Synthetic/simulated data
  • Personal research data (with full rights)
Prohibited Sources

Restricted Data

  • Proprietary institutional data (without permission)
  • Commercially licensed data (without license)
  • Data under NDAs
  • Sensitive personal information
  • Classified/restricted aviation data

Compliance Requirements

Members must ensure data usage complies with institutional policies, data protection regulations (GDPR, etc.), aviation security requirements, and research ethics standards. All data sources must be properly cited and documented.

03Publication Ethics

Authorship Guidelines

Authorship Criteria

To qualify as an author, a member must make substantial intellectual contributions in at least two of these areas:

AConception & Design

Research questions, hypotheses, methodology

BData & Analysis

Acquiring, processing, analyzing data

CInterpretation

Interpreting results and conclusions

DWriting

Writing or critically revising manuscript

Author Order

Publication Credits

First Author
Primary contributor
Co-Authors
By contribution magnitude
Corresponding
Communication lead
Senior Author
PI or group leader
Responsibilities

Author Duties

  • Approve final manuscript
  • Take responsibility for contributions
  • Disclose conflicts of interest
  • Approve authorship order
04Protecting Joint Work

Project Collaboration Protocol

This protocol ensures ethical conduct and protects collaborative work from unauthorized use.

01Project Registration Required

All collaborative projects (2+ members) must be registered with DARE Lab leadership via email to dare.aviation@gmail.com. Include: project title, team members, timeline, data sources, and expected outputs.

02Exclusive Collaboration

During active collaboration, team members will NOT work on the same topic with external teams. All project data, code, and drafts remain confidential to the team.

03Exit Protocol

Members wishing to leave a project must provide 30 days written notice, transfer all project materials, and observe a 6-month embargo on publishing the same specific topic independently.

Protected IP

What's Protected

  • Datasets created/curated by the team
  • Source code and algorithms developed
  • Draft manuscripts and figures
  • Methodology details and implementations
Not Protected

Public Knowledge

  • General research ideas (cannot be owned)
  • Public knowledge and literature
  • Methods in published papers
  • Individual expertise and skills
Consequences

Breach & Enforcement

Violations result in: (1) immediate removal from DARE Lab, (2) formal notice to member's institution, (3) journal editor notification if independent publication attempted, and (4) public disclosure in the academic community. While legal action is impractical, reputational damage in the academic community is severe and permanent.