What do HREC members think and do when deciding about children’s participation in social research? Results from the MESSI survey
Dr Gary Allen
November 30, 2021
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A new approach to the AHRECS site
October 26, 2020
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In response to community feedback, from 1 November 2020, only papers, books and genuine resources will be posted to the AHRECS Resource Library; news and announcements will be posted to the feeds page. Searches of the site can include searches of the feed. Links to Research Ethics Monthly editions will also be posted to the feeds page. Please bear with us as we move all existing news items over to the feed. Eventually, this approach will make it easier to distinguish between research outputs and news items about human research ethics and research integrity.
AHRECS and COVID-19
April 21, 2020
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To date, we are delighted to report the extended team is virus-free. Our best wishes go out to any member
Question for Research Ethics Monthly readers: Win for your institution a new 12-month subscription to https://www.ahrecs.vip
December 23, 2019
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Prof. Mark Israel and Dr Gary Allen We would like to encourage institutions to try out the ahrecs.vip set of
Update on the new subscribers’ area
June 18, 2019
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We are currently expecting the new service to go live prior to us sending the July 2019 edition of the Research Ethics
Requesting your input
April 23, 2019
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We’re preparing to work on a new version of the subscribers’ area, so we’d appreciate hearing your thoughts and ideas.
Travelling Consultants and Professional Development Roadshows
March 27, 2019
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Prof. Mark Israel plans to be in CANBERRA (2-3 April), SYDNEY (8-10 May), UK and Belgium (27 May-8 June), MELBOURNE (13 June) and Perth (22-26 April,
Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui-a-Tāne, the tōtara tree has fallen in Tāne’s great forest
March 27, 2019
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It is with great sorrow that we note the passing of one of our consultants, Barry Smith. Of Te Rarawa
We’re working with a talented animator
March 13, 2019
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Gary Allen, Mark Israel, Colin Thomson We are pretty excited to be working with an animation company on a couple
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We’re working with a talented animator
March 13, 2019
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Gary Allen, Mark Israel, Colin Thomson We are pretty excited to be working with
An ethics argument for data sharing
June 28, 2021
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In this post, Gary Allen and Nik Zeps explore the human research ethics arguments and imperatives that only allow for the sharing of data, but establish a public good that can make sharing expected and essential.
This expectation should shape the approach to consent, the framing of assurances given to potential participants about confidentiality and e reflected in the application for research ethics review.
Research ethics committees and review bodies should be cognisant of these ethical arguments during the research ethics review of projects
Institutions must have clear policies and guidance material on data sharing.
What are questionable research practices as reported by ECRs in STEMM in Australia?
July 29, 2020
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Katherine Christian, Carolyn Johnstone, Jo-ann Larkins, Wendy Wright and Michael Doran Katherine Christian, Federation
Nobody expects…
April 26, 2021
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In this post, Dr Gary Allen reflects on the establishment and conduct of constructive audits.
Dr Gary Allen
When research with current ethics approval is periodically monitored,[1] it is typically a passive process. Institutions, often via their research ethics administration, will ask researchers to self-report on the continued ethical acceptability of a project (and compliance with any conditions of approval). It would not be unreasonable to conclude that self-reporting is not the most effective way to identify if there have been problems with approved projects. Indeed, if things have gone wrong, it is at least possible that the most troublesome researchers might not be entirely honest about what has happened or why.
So, what is the alternative?
Conducting random audits of a small number of active projects…