Isidoros (Dorian) Karatzas

Former Head of the Ethics and Research Integrity Sector, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation

Currently acting as an active senior advising and supporting the Sector.

Isidoros Karatzas is a Biochemist and Psychologist by training. After joining the European Commission, he was responsible for the ex-post evaluation of the Framework Programmes where he set up the European Network on RTD Evaluation. He also managed the risk governance research file and was the Scientific Secretary of the European Research Advisory Board (EURAB), the advisory body to the Commission on research policy and priorities. He finished his career, serving as the Head of Sector for Ethics and Research Integrity in DG Research and Innovation. In this task, he established the self-assessment and ethics advisors’ methodology as well as advanced training courses on research ethics and research integrity for Commission staff, the research ethics expert community, early carrier researchers and research managers. He has set up the first European system of ethics checks and audits and led the efforts to produce specific guidelines on embedding ethics in research (data protection, social sciences, informed consent, AI etc.). He initiated the efforts to update and publish the new European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and with his team prepared and implemented the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research ethics appraisal process and dedicated research funding for ethics and integrity.