Ethics reviewers have moved on from granite-faced bureaucracy

Conference suspends Google sponsorship after ethics experts’ exit

Departures of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell has prompted academics to ask if they should reconsider links with the technology giant

By David Matthews

8 March

UK’s plan for ‘mandatory’ research ethics training dropped

Consultation raised concerns that proposal was too prescriptive and bureaucratic

By Jack Grove

10 September

Mick Marston illustration (15 March 2018)

For Russians, ethics committees are just another form of stultifying bureaucracy

Social scientists’ scepticism about research oversight also relates to the curiously bad press it gets in Western literature, writes Katarzyna Kaczmarska

By Katarzyna Kaczmarska

15 March

New research alliance cements global split on AI ethics

Europe and Japan take different approach to US and China on potential risks of technology

By David Matthews

15 August

Ethics reviewers have moved on from granite-faced bureaucracy

Social media and Covid have forced research committees to become more agile, sophisticated and professional, says James Patterson

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Ethics reviewers have moved on from granite-faced bureaucracy

Social media and Covid have forced research committees to become more agile, sophisticated and professional, says James Patterson

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For Russians, ethics committees are just another form of stultifying bureaucracy

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