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Humanities, Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee

The Humanities, Arts and Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HAS REC) gives ethical opinion for staff and students in Arts and Humanities, The Bartlett, IOE, Laws, SHS, MAPS, and Engineering.

The HAS REC reviews high- and low-risk ethics applications from the faculties of Arts and Humanities, Bartlett, Institute of Education (IOE), Laws, Social and Historical Sciences (SHS), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS), and EngineeringVisit our Apply to UCLs Research Ethics Committees page for information on the application process and links to the ethics database.

Application deadlines and meeting dates


UCL Research Ethics Committee (REC) application deadlines and meeting dates 2023/24 and 2024/25
High-risk application submission deadlineHAS REC meeting date
Wednesday 27 November 2024Monday 13 January 2025
Wednesday 08 January 2025Monday 10 February 2025
Wednesday 12 February 2025Monday 17 March 2025
Wednesday 12 March 2025Monday 28 April 2025
Wednesday 30 April 2025Monday 02 June 2025
Wednesday 28 May 2025Monday 30 June 2025
Wednesday 25 June 2025Monday 28 July 2025

Terms of reference


  1. To receive, review and provide an ethics opinion on research by staff or students both low-risk and high-risk from Brain Sciences, Life Sciences, Population Health Sciences and Medical Sciences.
  2. To determine whether the opinion is a) favourable as proposed, b) conditionally favourable, under certain defined conditions or specific requirements or c) unfavourable.
  3. To review and provide an ethical opinion (as outlined above) on amendments to previously approved protocols.
  4. 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).
  5. To exercise powers to require the halting of research if substantive ethical problems are identified as the project progresses until such time as any such concerns have been remedied to the satisfaction of the REC.
  6. To exercise powers to withdraw a favourable opinion when concerns such as those identified above are not remedied to the satisfaction of the REC.
  7. To ensure that appropriate advice is available for staff, supervisors and students on good practice in relation to the ethics of their research.
  8. 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.

Membership


This committee is 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 also includes 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.

Chair

Professor George Letsas

Deputy Chairs 

Dr Marie-Annick Moreau and Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

  • Dr Karen Stepanyan, Department of Information Studies
  • Dr Louise Baxter, Arts and Sciences
  • Dr Simona Aimar, Department of Philosophy
  • Dr Photini Vrikki, Department of Information Studies

Faculty of Built Environment 

  • Dr Francesco Aletta, Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources
  • Dr Evelyn Callahan, Sustainable Construction
  • Minnie Ashdown, Bartlett School Environment, Energy and Resources

Institute of Education 

  • Dr Jennie Golding, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
  • Dr Leda Kamenopoulou, Psychology and Human Development

Faculty of Laws 

  • Professor George Letsas

Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences 

  • Dr Marie-Annick Moreau, Department of Anthropology
  • Dr Rod Abouharb, Department of Political Science 
  • Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, Institute of Archaeology
  • Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Department of Geography

    Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences 

    • Dr Sam Cassidy, Department of Chemistry
    • Dr Melanie Smallman, Department of Science and Technology Studies

    Faculty of Engineering Sciences 

    • Dr Kartikeya Tripathi, Department of Security and Crime Science 
    • Dr Filipe Marques Ferreira, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
    • Dr Dai Jiang, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

    VPESE 

    • Helen Knowler

    Lay Members

    • Adrian Roberts-Walsh