Challenges and Innovative Changes in Research Ethics Reviews (CHANGER)
Call for focus group participants (CHANGER-Projekt)
The EU-funded, interdisciplinary project addresses emerging challenges in research ethics reviews. New technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and evolving research practices raise ethical questions that existing procedures may not adequately address. CHANGER aims to strengthen the capacities of researchers and Research Ethics Committees (RECs) by developing innovative solutions and fostering capacity building.
The project gathers diverse stakeholder perspectives through focus groups and expert interviews with REC members and other experienced professionals. Additionally, a scoping review is conducted, and tools are developed to strengthen ethical research practices overall, by enhancing researchers’ capacity for ethical decision-making and improving the robustness and suitability of ethics review processes in the face of rapid innovation.
Project duration: 01/2024 – 12/2026
LMU team
- Prof. Dr. Hella von Unger unger@lmu.de
- Nevien Kerk, MA n.kerk@lmu.de
- Anna Huber, MA anna.huber@soziologie.uni-muenchen.de
- Thomas Raucheger, BA thomas.raucheger@soziologie.lmu.de
Recent Activities
- Workshop "Community-based approaches to research ethics" & NEKS meeting// Munich July 4-5 2024
- Presentation at NFDI ELSA meeting 24.07.2024: https://changer-project.eu/lmu-presents-changer-at-nfdi-elsa-meeting/
Funding
EU HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-1 (Verbundprojekt)
Project Website
https://changer-project.eu/Partner organisations
National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece (Coordination); University of West-Attika (UNIWA), Greece; University of Split (MEFST), Croatia; University of Groningen, Netherlands; Technical University Vienna, Austria; Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS), Norway; University of Bukarest, Rumania; University of Sopkje, North Mazedonia; RFW University Bonn, Germany; Knowledge & Innovation ((K&I srls), Rome, Italy; Katholic University Leuven, Belgien; LMU Munich, Department of Sociology, Germany; University of Macedonia; Thessaloniki, Greece; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany; University of Coimbra, Portugal.