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Find out more about UCL's Humanities, Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee
What will the Humanities, Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee do?
To support our work to reform research ethics at UCL, the Research Innovation and Global Engagement Committee (RIGEC) has approved a new governance structure.
Further information about the new structure can be found on our About the UCL Research Ethics Committee page. Under this governance structure, the Humanities, Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HAS REC) will be established.
From spring 2024, the HAS REC will review high and low-risk ethics applications from 7 faculties:
- Arts and Humanities
- Bartlett
- Institute of Education
- Laws
- Social and Historical Sciences
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Engineering
How do I submit an application for review by the HAS REC?
Visit our Apply to the UCL Research Ethics Committee page for details on how to submit an ethics application and links to the ethics database.
Constitution and membership
Terms of reference
- To receive, review and provide an ethics opinion on research by staff or students both low-risk and high-risk from Arts and Humanities, Bartlett, Institute of Education, Laws, Social and Historical Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering.
- To determine whether the opinion is a) favourable as proposed, b) conditionally favourable, under certain defined conditions or specific requirements or c) unfavourable.
- To review and provide an ethical opinion (as outlined above) on amendments to previously approved protocols.
- To review appeals, complaints and adverse events or incidents reported regarding ethically approved research and report them to the UCL Research Ethics Committee (UCL REC).
- To exercise powers to require the halting of research if substantive ethical problems are identified as the project progresses until any such concerns have been remedied to the satisfaction of the REC.
- To exercise powers to withdraw a favourable opinion when concerns such as those identified above are not remedied to the satisfaction of the REC.
- To ensure that appropriate advice is available for staff, supervisors and students on good practice in relation to the ethics of their research.
- To report on an annual basis to UCL REC to include a summary of all reviewed projects and a report on the effectiveness of current practice and procedures.
Members
This committee will be formed of representatives from the 7 faculties that form this committee (Arts and Humanities, Bartlett, Institute of Education, Laws, Social and Historical Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering).
The committee will also include lay members who bring a wide range of skills and experience to ensure that the participant’s perspective in any project is considered in detail.
UCL Cross Faculty Academic Members
- Kartikeya Tripathi, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
- Filipe Marques Ferreira, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
- Dai Jiang, Faculty of Engineering Sciences
- Marie-Annick Moreau, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
- Rod Abouharb, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
- Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
- Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences
- Francesco Aletta, Faculty of Built Environment
- Evelyn Callahan, Faculty of Built Environment
- Minnie Ashdown, Faculty of Built Environment
- Sam Cassidy, Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Melanie Smallman, Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences
- Selena Daly, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Karen Stepanyan, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Louise Baxter, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Simona Aimar, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Photini Vrikki, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- George Letsas, Faculty of Laws
- Jennie Golding, Insitute of Education
- Leda Kamenopoulou, Institute of Education
- Helen Knowler, VPESE
Lay Members
- Adrian Roberts-Walsh