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Research Ethics Monthly

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Effective use of research management systems

Dr Gary Allen April 28, 2022 No Comments
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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.

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You must be this ethical…

March 18, 2022 No Comments

In this controversial post, AHRECS Senior Consultant Dr Gary Allen poses the challenging question: Should institutions with lean and fast proportional review arrangements leverage them as incentives for ethical behaviour.

AHRECS recommends institutions resourcing reflective practice, rather than police compliance (https://www.ahrecs.com/resources/resourcing-reflective-practice-whiteboard-video-7-5-min) but could such a systemic reward be helpful?

He discusses the behaviour that could be rewarded and how the reward might function.

The post suggests the arrangements, processes and data collection institutions will need to have in place to make such a reward system work.

While we are generally not fans of introducing any punitive element to human research ethics, preferring collegiate approaches that are focussed constructively on an institution’s research culture, this is an interesting idea. It is worth further serious consideration.

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Areas of activity

April 30, 2021 No Comments

We are delighted with how busy AHRECS is at the moment in the human research ethics and research integrity spheres in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Our current work can be broken down into four categories:

1. Informing the practice of a research institution

2. Fostering and supporting a community of practice

3. Helping with tricky questions

4. Formulating an approach

To discuss any of the above, contact one of our senior consultants, or send an email to Enquiry AHRECS enquiry@ahrecs.com.

While our activities are focussed on Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and…

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Ethics CoPs not Ethics Police: Building communities of practice in ethics and integrity

March 10, 2021 No Comments

In this post Gary Allen and Mark Israel discuss seeding and supporting virtual and physical Communities of Practice and their value over enforcement and policing.

Gary Allen and Mark Israel

Research ethics professionals have grown wary of researchers who talk disparagingly about the work of research ethics reviewers as the ‘ethics police’ (Klitzman, 2015; Makhoul et al., 2014). So, there is more than a little irony in our suggestion for responding constructively to such an adversarial stance (Allen & Israel, 2018) – the Community of Practice (CoP).

A CoP is characterised by a shared area of knowledge and set of practices within which experiences and insights can be shared and learning can be fostered (Wenger et al., 2002). Done well, a CoP can result in continual improvement across and…

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Research Ethics: The Journal

February 22, 2021 No Comments

We note that the journal, Research Ethics, is now Open Access. https://journals.sagepub.com/description/rea

Research Ethics is aimed at all readers and authors interested in ethical issues in the conduct of research, the regulation of research, the procedures and process of ethical review as well as broader ethical issues related to research such as scientific integrity and the end uses of research. The journal aims to promote, provoke, host and engage in open and public debate about research ethics on an international scale but also to contribute to the education of researchers and reviewers of research…

All articles in Research Ethics are published as open access. There are no submission charges and no Article Processing Charges as these are fully funded by institutions through Knowledge Unlatched, resulting in no direct charge to authors.

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Why human research ethics and research integrity aren’t fire blankets

January 27, 2021 No Comments

Let’s start with fire safety.  Used correctly, fire blankets (and other fire protection equipment) can manage a hazard and prevent increased harm.  Institutions have a regulatory responsibility to make staff aware of standards by providing training in fire safety and correct behaviour.

SYNERGY ONE

While in Australia there is no human research ethics legislation, the National Statement is generally recognised as the national standard for human research ethics.  The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research is the national standard for research integrity.  Similarly, researchers need to be aware of the institution’s and national policies, procedures and arrangements with regards to human research ethics/research integrity (NS 3.47, AC Researcher Responsibility 16).

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A new approach to the AHRECS site

October 26, 2020 No Comments

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.

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Our work around the world

October 22, 2020 No Comments

Close to the bottom of our revamped home page is a world map that tags the places we have been commissioned to conduct Human Research Ethics or Research Integrity work or where we have conducted philanthropic/academic/volunteer/unpaid work.  Want to explore if we can do some work for you?  Terrific!  Drop us a line to enquiry@ahrecs.com so we can discuss your ideas.

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Research ethics reviews: responding to the challenges faced by international postgraduate students

June 21, 2021 No Comments

In this great post, Mark Israel, Julia Miller, Liwen Tan and Kristy Davis discuss the extra challenges that confront international students when it comes to human research ethics and navigating research ethics review and the daunting challenge of satisfying an unsympathetic research ethics committee.

This scary rite of passage is made even harder if your native language doesn’t have direct translations for ethics terminology or if there are cultural concepts without direct correlation.

This is a matter that should be carefully considered by research ethics committees, research offices, international offices and graduate schools.

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National Human Research Ethics Conference – an administrator’s perspective

April 16, 2022 No Comments

In this terrific post, Sara Gottliebsen reflects on the last few years’ experiences in organising the incredibly popular annual human research ethics webinar.

This free event was first conceived of by Gorden McGurk, who has organised the webinars over the last few years.

The Human Research Ethics conferences have established a very high standard for the design, execution, speakers and contents for such an event.

The event received very high praise and deserved to get it.

The itinerary of speakers, events and activities for a free event is simply remarkable and deserving of the highest praise.

Well done Gordon, Sara and the team.

AHRECS is proud to be one of the inaugural sponsors of this event and will be continuing our sponsorship in 2022.

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