[community] Research ethics board

Kat kat at sigstop.org
Thu Apr 12 13:02:14 UTC 2018


On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, Matthew Finkel wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 11:04:00AM +0000, Scott Ainslie wrote:
>> I'm considering creating formal ethics forms for conducting research on,
>> or about, Tor for subsequent submission to The Tor Project's research
>> ethics board.
>>
>> I feel it'll help researchers outline and explain their proposals for
>> conducting research in addition to formalizing it in a consistent
>> manner. I don't feel it'll be too difficult to do it. I intend to upload
>> draft ethics forms to GitHub and I'd be grateful for suggestions or
>> ideas or collaboration.
>
> This sounds useful! Have you communicated with any of the current
> individuals on Tor's research ethics board?

Hi Scott,

I think it'd be better to collaborate with the Research Safety Board
before putting your draft online. I'm sure they'd have thoughts on a
more formalized process!

  -Kat



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