Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
Should we Reframe Research Ethics as a Professional Ethics?
October 1, 2019
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Dr Nathan Emmerich Research Fellow in Bioethics at ANUMS Despite the fact that one of the urtexts of bioethics—Beauchamp and
Sage Methods Minute. January Spotlight: Research Ethics
February 26, 2019
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January’s Methods Minutes, a monthly newsletter produced by Sage Publishing, is a special issue focused on social research ethics. It reviews
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, the temptations to take short cuts
AHRECS Human research ethics workshop in Thailand
December 22, 2018
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One of our consultants (Dr Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald) recently facilitated a seminar on research ethics in the
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. .
Stop centring Western academic ethics: deidentification in social science research – Anna Denejkina
May 24, 2018
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This blog will provide a discussion of issues present in deidentifying marginalised research participants, or research participants who request to
‘Don’t mention the c word: Covert research and the stifling ethics regime in the social sciences’
February 5, 2018
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Covert research is associated with deliberate deception in social research and equated with harm and risk to the researcher, the
A Model for the Participation of Indigenous Children and Young People in Research
October 20, 2017
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Following my September 2017 piece: Ethics and the Participation of Indigenous Children and Young People in Research, this article briefly
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A rose by any other name….?
November 30, 2020
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As both a researcher and a research administrator in healthcare, one of the more vexing issues that I have to deal with on an almost daily basis is how to manage what are termed quality assurance, quality improvement and audit activities. In its 2014 publication entitled “Ethical Considerations in Quality Assurance and Evaluation Activities”, the NHMRC (NHMRC QA guidance) suggests that these can be loosely gathered together under an umbrella term of Quality Assurance (QA) and/or evaluation. I believe this construct is wrong and reinforces a longstanding approach to ethics review that relies on the category of an investigative activity to determine the level of review that is used. This approach is problematic and leads to some significant unintended consequences.
If you build it, they will come- 2020 Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) Training Conference (online) 18-20 Nov
November 29, 2020
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Approximately 2.5 months from inception to execution, a veritable cornucopia of Australia’s thought leaders
Going video: A chance to change review practice?
November 10, 2020
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In this post, Gary asks when it comes to research ethics review, whether something useful might come from social distancing
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.