Local Research Ethics Committees

Several departments and faculties have established Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) to review and approve low-risk applications. Find contact details for approved LRECs at UCL.

The LREC Chairs group facilitates the sharing of best practice and the development of consistent approaches to emerging ethical issues for the 27 Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) operating in faculties and departments. To apply for LREC approval, contact ethics@ucl.ac.uk.

Approved LRECs by faculty

Arts and Humanities

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Chair: Andrew Flinn (a.flinn@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator/Coordinator: Hannah Tipple (h.tipple@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: Arts and Humanities Faculty LREC SharePoint site (access to A&H/Social and Historical Sciences Joint Faculties SharePoint required)

School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)

Chair: Anne White (anne.white@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Diana Kudaibergenova (diana.kudaibergenova@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: Information for applicants is included on the BA and MA dissertation Moodle pages and in the SSEES Almanac (for lecturers and PhD students)

The Bartlett

Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA)

Chairs: Jens Kandt (j.kandt@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Martin De Jode (m.dejode@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: CASA LREC Moodle Course: CASA0004/0010/0012: Dissertation (21/22), Topic: Assessment (ucl.ac.uk)

Development Planning Unit

Chairs: Alexandra Panman (a.panman@ucl.ac.uk) and Le-Yin Zhang (le-yin.zhang@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator/Coordinator: Dan Hawksworth (d.hawksworth@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: Development Planning Unit website

Institute for Global Prosperity

Chair: Nikolay Mintchev (n.mintchev@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Christopher Harker (christopher.harker@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator: Sarah Nisi (s.nisi@ucl.ac.uk)

Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Chair: Carolina Alves (carolina.alves@ucl.ac.uk)

School of Planning

Chair: Dr Chris Foye (c.foye@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator: Kieran Pantry-Melsom (k.pantry-melsom@ucl.ac.uk)

Sustainable Construction

Chair: Dr Efrosyni Konstantinou (efrosyni.konstantinou@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Vijay Pawar (v.pawar@ucl.ac.uk) and Lusi Morhayim (l.morhayim@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrators: Sylvia Rachedi (s.rachedi@ucl.ac.uk), Neil Vadgama (n.vadgama@ucl.ac.uk) and Ruhana Begum (ruhana.begum@ucl.ac.uk)

Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER)

Chair: Francesco Aletta (f.aletta@ucl.ac.uk)

Brain Sciences

Psychology and Language Sciences (PaLS)

The PaLS LREC reviews and approves low-risk ethics applications for research with adult participants (18+) submitted by UCL staff, PIs, and postdoctoral researchers. All other applications should be submitted to the UCL Research Ethics Service for review.

Chair: Adam Harris (adam.harris@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Fiona Kyle (f.kyle@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: PaLS LREC webpage

Engineering

Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE)

Chairs: Nicola Christie (nicola.christie@ucl.ac.uk) and Claire Ellul (c.ellul@ucl.ac.uk)

Computer Science

Applications for review and related queries should be sent to cs.rec@ucl.ac.uk.

Chairs: Nicolas Gold (n.gold@ucl.ac.uk) and Caroline Wardle (c.wardle@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator: Eleanor Cook (eleanor.cook@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information and submission procedures: Computer Sciences SharePoint (for use by staff and project supervisors)
Information for students: Moodle course (enrollment code: csethics1920)

School of Management

Chair: Sarah Harvey (sarah.r.harvey@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Anthony Klotz (a.klotz@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrators: Nevenka Martin (nevenka.martin@ucl.ac.uk) and Sharmay Mitchell (sharmay.mitchell@ucl.ac.uk)

Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP)

Chair: Dr Adam Cooper (adam.cooper@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator/Coordinator: Amaya Hana (steapp.ethics@ucl.ac.uk)

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Applications for review and related queries should be sent to medphys.ethics@ucl.ac.uk.

Chairs: Sarah Gulliford (s.gulliford@ucl.ac.uk) and James McClelland (j.mcclelland@ucl.ac.uk)

Security and Crime Science

Chair: Kartikeya Tripathi (kartikeya.tripathi.11@ucl.ac.uk)
Deputy Chair: Ingolf Becker (i.becker@ucl.ac.uk)

Institute of Education

Institute of Education (IOE)

Chair: Jo Fraser-Pearce (j.fraser.pearce@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrator/Coordinator: Nishita Nair, Research Ethics Officer (ioe.researchethics@ucl.ac.uk)
Further information: IOE LREC website