Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
The challenge of being ‘fit for purpose’
April 10, 2022 No Comments
In this incredibly interesting post, Racheal Laugery reflects on an incredibly uncomfortable but very timely question.
Is the current approach to research ethics review fit for purpose?
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, border closes and reduced international student income, insufficient government funding and a drive towards commercial research/commercialisation is our current approach to research ethics review Imbil and responsive enough?
What needs to be challenged and
changed? How can we get there? Who will need professional development and capacity building?
This requires an approach to reform that is focused on research ethics reviewers, researchers and research office staff.
Change won’t be quick and easy, but is absolutely necessary to ensure an institution’s arrangements are fit for the time.
Our approach will need to be interactive and responsive to problems that we can’t foresee yet.
Why resourcing practice is a better option for institutions than policing compliance
July 25, 2021 No Comments
In this post, Dr Gary Allen (one of the senior consultants at AHRECS) discusses why resourcing reflective practice is a more reliable and effective/constructive way to manage institutional risk than fixating on compliance and using an enforcement and sanctions approach.
Approaching the serious risks from within the frame of resourcing practice treats the role of research ethics as being to facilitate research, rather than being an impediment to research.
This embeds research ethics as being a component of the design and conduct of quality research, not as something external to research.
Systems that promote ethical design and conduct, are also investments in quality research
Gary has worked in the human research ethics field since 1997. He has worked with committees in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and Vietnam. He Chaired the Committee that drafted the new Chapter 3.1 of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research.
Confidence versus mandatory reporting
June 18, 2021 No Comments
In this post find out why Gary is cranky about the proposed good practice guide for Australian Research Integrity Advisers.
#SPOILERALERT It is because he believes institutions need a network of collegiate Research Integrity Advisers to nurture and support a community of practice within their institution.
He also thinks mandatory reporting and telling people to speak in hypotheticals are STUPID.
While Gary describes this as a personal opinion, we agree. We don’t see how mandatory reporting will make serving as an RIA would be appealing or encourage anyone to consult them about whether an individual’s practice is appropriate.
AHRECS provides desktop audit and blueprint on Research Integrity within an institution and conducts professional development for RIAs.
Contact enquiry@ahrecs.com to discuss.
When Research is the treatment: why the research/clinical care divide doesn’t always work
June 4, 2020 No Comments
Nik Zeps AHRECS Consultant Health services are often operated by people who strive to improve the way they deliver care.
COVID 19, human research and human research ethics review
April 18, 2020 1 Comment
Prof. Colin Thomson AM AHRECS Senior Consultant We at AHRECS, like all our friends, colleagues and clients, are becoming more
Research ethics review during a time of pandemic
March 16, 2020 No Comments
Gary Allen, Mark Israel and Colin Thomson COVID-19 is prompting changes to academic delivery, essentially intended to contain the spread
Lost time may never be found again but is it time to talk about the duration of ethics approvals?
March 2, 2020 No Comments
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose” a time to report on ethical conduct, a
The Ethics and Politics of Qualitative Data Sharing
February 5, 2020 No Comments
Mark Israel (AHRECS and Murdoch University) and Farida Fozdar (The University of Western Australia). There is considerable momentum behind the
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Magical incantations and the tyranny of the template
December 21, 2017 No Comments
Building the Conversation This month’s addition to the Building the Conversation series reflects upon
2022 HREC Workshops
August 18, 2022 No Comments
The Western Australian Human Research Ethics workshop series is back for 2022.
Friday 30 September 2022 – Human Ethics workshop
Interacting across boundaries: applying human research ethics in different situations.
The workshop is being hosted by the Research Office at Notre Dame University, Fremantle, in conjunction with AHRECS (Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services).
8.30am registration, 9.00am start, concluding after lunch.
Notre Dame Campus, Tannock Hall, Fremantle WA
Cost $170.00 per participant
There is an online registration available to persons based outside of Western Australia. On request, a special discount code for Zoom-only registration can be provided – please contact erich.vondietze@ahrecs.com if this interest you.
In this post, Erich provides an overview of the event, the guest speakers and the components of the workshop.
Register at . On request, a special discount code for Zoom-only registration can be provided – please contact erich.vondietze@ahrecs.com if this interest you. The online component is open to registrants outside Western Australia.
Pondering on whether to submit your research output to a journal?
October 30, 2019 No Comments
The significance of how we talk and think about the pachyderm elephant mammoth in
Technology research in sensitive settings: A workshop on ethical encounters in HCI
July 29, 2016 1 Comment
In May this year, a group of researchers gathered in San Jose, California, to