A new research project - Pilot Network for Research Ethics and Data Management Training (PiNRED) - launched in the CIVICA framework, includes the participation of Kevin Arceneaux, a Sciences Po Professor in Polical Sciences, affiliated with the Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF).

The purpose of the project is to explore whether it would be possible to build a common infrastructure for ethics compliance with respect to research on human subjects.
The project plans to conduct a strategic scan, across the CIVICA network, of research infrastructure and training in the areas of research ethics (particularly related to human subjects), research data management, and research reproducibility and transparency, especially with regard to the FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets).

If there is interest in creating such a collaboration within the CIVICA network, developing a common infrastructure for ethics training and approval would potentially streamline the process and reduce duplicating efforts at each campus. This infrastructure would involve providing training to researchers about what constitutes ethical research practices (e.g., informed consent, respect for persons, etc.), ethical data management practices, and perhaps even a framework for providing ethics approval for proposed research (in the model of the “institutional review board” system used by American universities).

Thomas Crossley, Professor of Economics at the European University Institute leads the project, the Hertie School being a third partner.

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