Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
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. .
Ethical research with young children: Whose research, whose agenda?
October 23, 2017
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The last decade has seen increased global focus on research with young children within and across a range of disciplines
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
Ethics and the Participation of Indigenous Children and Young People in Research
September 21, 2017
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Indigenous children and young people’s participation in social research raises a range of ethical issues that researchers and participants must
Terms and conditions apply
August 21, 2017
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Kids tell us that making decisions can sometimes be hard (anyone who has taken a child to an ice cream
Do we need consent for the continued use of children’s biological samples and data in research – and what if the grown up children cannot be located?
September 4, 2015
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Parental consent is sufficient to authorize research involving infants and young children who do not have the capacity to take
Sprinting to the start line: concerns with expedited ethics review
August 25, 2015
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Allow me to start with a short story. A recent conversation I had with an established academic evolved as follows.
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June 21, 2019
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Associate Professor Angela Romano | Faculty Research Ethics Adviser, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University
Investigating an ethical barrier – should HRECs require gatekeeper approval from universities before external research?
February 14, 2022
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Investigating an ethical barrier – should HRECs require gatekeeper approval from universities before external research? | In this traffic post, Kate Christian questions the elephant in the room when it comes to research about universities.
Why do ethics committees require the approval of the institution?
Especially when participants aren’t vulnerable.
Whose interests are they protecting and why?
For national research, the results can be time-consuming, frustrating and add a little to the research.
Early career researchers might meekly accept this but it sucks time, energy and resources. But research Ethics committees should ask themselves the questions: Is this efficient and is it fair? Insisting upon institutional approval may well be skewing the data and distorting the results?