Following the launch of the revised IGDORE CoRC in August 2022, the Global Board has written a How to guide for how existing affiliates can live up to the required points of the CoRC (and how prospective affiliates can demonstrate a commitment to Open Science).
We plan to revise the guide as needed. The purpose of this thread is to facilitate suggestions of additions and changes to the How to guide, and discussion of its content.
adhere to the ethical codes for research activities in which human subjects and animals are involved;
Research subjects must be protected, and any harms should be balanced against the benefit the research is expected to provide. It is the responsibility of researchers to know the regulations for ethical review requirements in the country where their research is conducted and apply for ethical review if it is necessary for their work to comply with national legislation. IGDORE researchers who conduct research in Sweden can submit an application for ethical review to the Swedish Ethical Approval Authority for research on human subjects, or to the Swedish Board of Agriculture for animal experiments (approval can only be granted for research conducted on human subjects/animals in Sweden that requires ethical review under Swedish law; note that applications must be written in Swedish). Researchers working in other countries may be able to apply for ethical review with local ethics committees.
Unfortunately, recent policy changes at the Swedish Ethical Approval Authority mean that applications are only accepted from researchers affiliated with a Swedish University, and it is no longer possible to apply for ethical review through IGDORE. I am unsure whether the Swedish Board of Agriculture has made similar changes.