#EthicsInResearch #DigitalBehaviouralScience #DECIDEFramework #ResearchIntegrity

This work was truly collaborative, and I want to highlight the invaluable contributions from:
Olivia Brown, Joanne Hinds, Sophie Nightingale @davidaellis.bsky.social @jntowse.bsky.social

Our goal is to transform ethics from a reactive process into a proactive one, empowering researchers to confront emerging ethical challenges with greater confidence.

Additionally, we highlight the optimal moments in the research timeline for these essential discussions. To support this initiative, we have created an app, comprehensive informational resources, a question spreadsheet, and flowcharts to help prompt and document these conversations.

Our DECIDE framework is specifically designed to facilitate these conversations. It provides a series of questions that encourage researchers to critically engage with ethical considerations as they progress.

These dialogues are crucial for tackling new challenges arising from emerging technologies that may not be addressed by current regulations and can emerge at any point in the research journey.

Typically, ethics is viewed as a matter of completing forms and submitting proposals for review. However, what if we could foster a culture where ethical discussions are integrated throughout the entire research process?

How can we more effectively address ethical risks in digital behavioural research, particularly when utilising behavioural data generated from technology interactions, such as social media activity, app usage, sensor data, and other digital footprints?

I think it was fate that this appeared on my feed when I opened the app. Really exciting :)

I see we are on a panel together ! Looking forward to chatting :)

Just installed one in the garden :)