Research ethics

This page is a resource for researchers and students to be able to orientate themselves in the field of research ethics. Relevant ethical aspects can be fairness, independence, safeguarding the dignity of research participants and relation to general ethical norms in society.

The following guidelines and documents guide our work on research ethics:

• guidelines for the research ethics committee
• guidelines for handling individual cases of possible breaches of recognized research ethics standards

The Norwegian National Research Ethics Committees run an online resource on research ethics for researchers. We recommend researchers to use this resource actively. It also provides resources in English here.