The IRE Social Web page is now live - click here to check it out!

The IRE Social Web is not "social" the same way, say, Facebook is social. Rather, it aims to collect various resources and scholars from around the Web in order to bring the IRE and general research ethics community closer together. The current list of additonal resources, groups, social media pages, and related scholars is currently small, but will be expanding continuously from this point on. On that note, we could use your help! If you know of any relevant site or online work that is not currently reflected on the IRE Social Web page, please email it to tony [at] internetresearchethics.org.

Thanks to everyone keeping up with us here internetresearchethics.org!

Check out Elizabeth Buchanan on the BITrum Agora blog (a discussion arena of the Science of Information Institute), in an interview conducted by IRE project assitant Anthony Hoffmann.

In the casual interview, Elizabeth briefly discusses her past experiences with Internet research ethics, as well as what makes IRE distinct from research ethics in general and what she sees as the most pressing issues in IRE today.

Ethics and Internet Research Commons:  Building a sustainable future

DESCRIPTION

This full-day workshop is designed to accomplish three goals:  First, workshop leaders will present case studies to review key ethical challenges and identify important components of ethical decision making.  Second, participants work with workshop leaders in small groups to brainstorm solutions to ethical challenges in their own projects.  Third, members from the AOIR Ethics Committee will present and discuss the newly revised AOIR Ethics Guidelines.

This pre-conference workshop continues AOIR's efforts to build and promote flexible and adaptive learning communities that engage in a dialogic evolution of ethical research practice.  More specifically, this workshop will train individuals to be capable contributors in the Internet Research Ethics Commons, a National Science Foundation (US) sponsored online resource community that provides troubleshooting and advice for researchers who encounter ethical stumbling blocks in their projects. For more information, see internetresearchethics.org

ORGANIZERS 

• Elizabeth Buchanan, Ph.D.
• Charles Ess, Ph.D.
• Annette Markham, Ph.D.

FEES & LOGISTICS

• Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
• Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Location: Chalmers student union building, room TBA.

• Sponsored program, no cost to AOIR or attendees.
• Attendance: minimum 10, maximum 40
• Lunch and coffee included.

SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION

There is no fee, as this is sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation, project number 0924604. To register, please email Project Assistant This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Submissions should include a brief description of the individual's research, its methodologies, and its specific ethical issues. Each participant will work in small groups with an IRE Commons leader to resolve pressing ethical dilemmas facing the researcher.

Preference will be given to those that submit their materials by 30 August 2010.

CONTACT

Elizabeth Buchanan, Director, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 414.229.3973.

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IRE Commons Director Elizabeth Buchanan and Team Member Michael Zimmer will present to the Secretary's Advisory Committee to the Office of Human Research Protections (SACHRP) on July 21, 2010. Elizabeth and Michael will join Montana Miller, Bowling Green University and John Palfrey, Harvard University, to discuss Internet research ethics and federal policy. More on SACHRP can be found here!