Resources on Research Ethics

Resources on Research Ethics

 

 Research Involving Children

• Keeping Children Safe - Policies and Procedures supporting Child Protection at DCU
• Guidance for developing ethical research projects involving children
• The Ethics Journey in Children's Research: Checklist

 Research Involving Human Tissues 

• DOHC (Irish Council for Bioethics) Report 2005 - considerations and recommendations on the collection, use and storage of human biological material in research (pdf)

 Research Using the Internet

• Felzmann H. (2013) Ethical Issues in Internet Research: International Good Practice and Irish Research Ethics Documents.  IN: Internet Research, Theory and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland. Cathy Fowley et al. (pdf)
• British Pyschological Society (2013) Ethics Guidelines for Internet-mediated Research. INF206/1.2013. Leicester: Author. (pdf)
• AOIR (Association of Internet Researchers) Ethics Guide

 Research in Disaster Settings

• R2HC (Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises) Ethical Framework
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ethics Review Board
• Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE)
• COST Action IS1201: Disaster Bioethics

 Incentives for Research

• Common Questions on Research Ethics Submissions
• Grant RW & Sugarman J (2004) Ethics in Human Subjects Research: Do Incentives Matter? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 29(6), 717-738 
• WMA Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

 Data Protection

• Data Protection and Research (pdf)
• Data Protection Helpsheet (pdf)
• DCU Data Protection Policy
• Data Protection Guidelines on Research in the Health Sector
• DCU Freedom of Information 

 Data Management and Storage

• Data Management Planning (under construction)
• DCC guide - How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications
• Cloud storage - Google Drive

  External Research Ethics Guidelines

• Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
• CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research involving Human Subjects

Suggestions to add other topics or examples can be made by emailing research@dcu.ie.