Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
‘Except as required by law’: Australian researchers’ legal rights and obligations regarding participant confidentiality
February 23, 2017
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Anna Olsen, Research School of Population Health, ANU Julie Mooney-Somers, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University
Abuse of prisoners in the United States
September 18, 2016
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Mike Adorjan and Rose Ricciardelli’s edited collection, Engaging with Ethics in International Criminological Research, was recently published by Routledge. Of
A Note on the Importance of Sensitising the Novice Researcher to the Realities of Ethics in Practice
April 21, 2016
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Discussions of research ethics have begun to centre increasingly on how research guidelines translate into ethical practice during the research
Research Ethics as Gatekeeping in Justice Institutions
June 3, 2015
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The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology has just published on OnlineFirst an article by Jacqui Horan (Melbourne) and
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Should we accept funding for facial recognition research, and other dilemmas?
January 26, 2021
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Gary Allen, Mark Israel and Colin Thomson|
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In the 1980s and 1990s, many research institutions made the principled and commendable decision not to accept funding from the tobacco industry.
This reflected the recognition of the awful health impacts of tobacco use and the degree to which the industry was muddying the waters of public debate with academic and clinical research questioning the veracity of the overwhelming body of evidence that clearly showed the dire dangers of activity such as smoking. While we continue to be shocked by cases such those like the research of Hans J Eysenck (and this), for the main it is accepted that receiving funding from the tobacco industry is not in the public’s best interest.
Taking Time in the Midst of a Crisis: Prior Informed Consent, Sociability and Vulnerability in Ethnographic Research
January 28, 2016
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As an anthropologist, the way I work has particular features which are, in my
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
Is it something I said (or the way I said it)?
May 29, 2019
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Dr Gary Allen, Senior Consultants AHRECS Prof. Mark Israel Prof. Colin Thomson AM     . Reflecting on