Ethics dumping is the practice of undertaking research in a low- or middle-income setting which would not be permitted, or would be severely restricted, in a high-income setting. Whilst Kenya operates a sophisticated research governance system, resource constraints and the relatively low number of accredited research ethics committees limit the…

The main purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the lived experiences of academicians working in the field of educational administration in Turkey with regard to obtaining permission for scientific research in educational institutions and examine it within the context of academic freedom and ethics. A case-study approach was used to…

This article begins by raising issues around the way in which ethical approval for research is managed in university settings, where committees often base their assumptions on a principlist approach making a number of assumptions that we consider to be contestable, such as a neat separation between researcher and researched. However, collaborative…