Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
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|
PEER REVIEWED
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.
Questionable publishing practice? Are you harmed?
July 30, 2020
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Antony Ley (Information Policy Officer at Griffith University) & Gary Allen When considering whether a journal publisher is legitimate, researchers
Pondering on whether to submit your research output to a journal?
October 30, 2019
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The significance of how we talk and think about the pachyderm elephant mammoth in the room. Dr Gary Allen AHRECS
The F-word, or how to fight fires in the research literature
July 17, 2019
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Professor Jennifer Byrne | University of Sydney Medical School and Children’s Hospital at Westmead At home, I am constantly
Research Ethics Review as a Box-Ticking Exercise
June 21, 2019
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Associate Professor Angela Romano | Faculty Research Ethics Adviser, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology My role as
We respect you… we just don’t need to hear from you anymore: Should the consumer and their community participate in research as partners instead of just being subjects?
June 21, 2019
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By Dr Gary Allen| Senior Policy Officer, Office for Research Griffith University | Ambassador Council the Hopkins Centre| Ambassador MS
Release of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2007 (updated 2018) – With interview
July 30, 2018
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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
July 24, 2018
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In community-based participatory action programs (programs which have a research component but which are also focussed on community development and
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How we interpret the words ‘proportional review’
June 2, 2020
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Dr Gary Allen AHRECS Senior Consultant Over the last decade, AHRECS has worked with
Vigilance versus vigilantism in science: Are ethics no longer important?
June 21, 2018
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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
Self-plagiarism? When re-purposing text may be ethically justifiable
January 19, 2019
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In an institutional environment where researchers may be coming under increasing pressure to publish,