Session 1.8 - Trusted Research and Safer Partnerships SIG
| Wednesday, June 17, 2026 |
| 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM |
| Queen's Suite 5 |
Overview
This session will present insights from the Safer Partnerships and Trusted Research Group Champions and SIG members on approaches to operationalising Trusted Research.
The presenters will highlight commonalities of approach with particular attention given to strategies employed by different types of institution (large, small, centralised, federated etc.); successes and failures; strengths and weaknesses; and understanding institutional risk.
The findings will be presented as a series of institutional models that can provide a best practice pathway for operationalising Trusted Research guidelines.
Speaker
Mr Joe Timlin
Trusted Research Manager
Loughborough University
Modelling Institutional Approaches to Operationalising Trusted Research
Session Description
This session will present insights from the Safer Partnerships and Trusted Research Group Champions and SIG members on approaches to operationalising Trusted Research.
The presenters will highlight commonalities of approach with particular attention given to strategies employed by different types of institution (large, small, centralised, federated etc.); successes and failures; strengths and weaknesses; and understanding institutional risk.
The findings will be presented as a series of institutional models that can provide a best practice pathway for operationalising Trusted Research guidelines.
The presenters will highlight commonalities of approach with particular attention given to strategies employed by different types of institution (large, small, centralised, federated etc.); successes and failures; strengths and weaknesses; and understanding institutional risk.
The findings will be presented as a series of institutional models that can provide a best practice pathway for operationalising Trusted Research guidelines.
Biography
Joe Timlin:
Joe is currently Trusted Research Manager at Loughborough University where he is operationally responsible for due diligence and research security matters, including regulatory compliance. Joe has co-authored several reports on due diligence and research security, notably the ‘Complex Collaborations’ (2023) report on operationalising research security measures in the UK, and most recently, ‘Stronger Cooperation, Safer Collaborations’ (2025) on operationalising research security measures in the European context. He is a Champion of the newly created ARMA Trusted Research and Safer Partnerships SIG and is a regular contributor to ARMA training and development events and other sector initiatives.
Mary Beth Kneafsey:
Dr. Kneafsey is Head of Research Governance, Policy and Integrity at the University of Glasgow, where she has worked for 25 years. Currently, she leads a portfolio covering Trusted Research/Export Control Compliance, Research Integrity and Misconduct, Research Policy, REF, and PGR strategy and policy. Despite the diversity of this portfolio, there is a thread of supporting good research practice that is integral to all of these areas. One of Glasgow’s core research principles is that how research is done is as important as what is done and the team puts this at the heart of what we do.
Dr Mary Beth Kneafsey
Head of Research Governance, Policy & Integrity
University of Glasgow
Co-Presenter: Modelling Institutional Approaches to Operationalising Trusted Research
