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You can’t sue us mechanism – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
This discussion activity explores a practical ethical challenge we have created ourselves. Consent strategies should be about individuals being able to make informed decisions about whether or not to take part in a research project. What we have ended up with are long documents and forms. They require potential participants to have considerable patience to wait for them and a degree of legal acumen. The objective now appears to be to establish why you can’t sue the researcher or their host institution.
What does the wording of research recruitment material really mean? – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
In this fun discussion activity attendees in small groups try to guess what the wording of the recruitment material really means.
Making Human Research Ethics professional development fun – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
We won’t say a lot of human research ethics is unimaginative and boring (but it really is) this activity explores engaging alternatives.
Template for a human research ethics audit process – A Human Research Ethics resource
Some institutions have, or have already tried, random audits, we believe this template mechanism is sustainable, constructive and positive
Recruitment and risk – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
Sometimes, recruitment strategies can be a source of risks to participants, perhaps they even know about the research. This discussion activity prompts workshop participants to reflect on the issues and their own research.
Who watches the watchers? – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
A discussion sheet about cameras and AI monitoring populations
A summary consent sheet – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
Researchers like using summary consent material to complement voluminous information sheets, but is that a good thing? That and related matters are explored in this discussion activity.
An AI researcher? – A Human Research Ethics discussion activity
As AI that is used in research become smarter it raises some interesting questions
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- Are they more impartial than humans?
- Should they or their programmers be listed as co-author or at least acknowledged?
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This very topical discussion sheet could be used in the context of discussions about conflicts of interest, authorship and respect.
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