Release of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (updated 2018) – With interview
The revised National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (updated 2018) was released on 9 July 2018. .
The complex art of benefit-sharing
In community-based participatory action programs (programs which have a research component but which are also focussed on community development and
Australian Code 2018: What institutions should do next
Gary Allen, Mark Israel and Colin Thomson At first glance, there is much to be pleased about the new version
Stop centring Western academic ethics: deidentification in social science research – Anna Denejkina
This blog will provide a discussion of issues present in deidentifying marginalised research participants, or research participants who request to
A Model for the Participation of Indigenous Children and Young People in Research
Following my September 2017 piece: Ethics and the Participation of Indigenous Children and Young People in Research, this article briefly
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Kids tell us that making decisions can sometimes be hard (anyone who has taken a child to an ice cream
PID Power: Persistent Identifiers as Part of a Trusted Information Infrastructure
We live in a world where fake news and alternative facts are, unfortunately, part of how we share information. Expertise
Strategies for resolving ethically ambiguous scenarios
During the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014, I traveled to numerous universities across the United States and England
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Requesting your input
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Research ethics review during a time of pandemic
Gary Allen, Mark Israel and Colin Thomson COVID-19 is prompting changes to academic delivery,
A poor call and two missed opportunities, but otherwise not a bad proposed revision to NS s5
In this post, Gary, Mark and Kim refect on the draft update to Section 5 of the Australia’s National Statement.
“In recent years in Australia, we have seen some painful cases where research ethics review delegated to a non-HREC review body has failed to guard against projects that proved to be embarrassing for their host institution (see, for example, the ‘Racist bus driver’ and ‘Laughing at the disabled’ projects)….”
Endometriosis, women’s health and the ‘hysteria myth’
Kate Young, Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Profile