The Research Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education (HSL)
The Research Ethics Committee at the HSL faculty review and approve research projects of the faculty staff and students that need to document the formal institutional approval of the ethical aspects of the research involved.
The committee offers
- advice on how a research project can be conducted in an ethically responsible manner, i.e., ensuring that research activities involving human participants are conducted with respect for the dignity, rights, and welfare of participants and in a way that minimizes risks to participants, researchers, and other involved parties;
- advice on other approvals/permits that may be relevant for a research project, e.g., Sikt (Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research) or other legal bodies;
- ethical approval of research projects that fulfill the Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities.
The Research Ethics Committee follows the Norwegian and international legislation for research involving human participants as well as national and EU rules for the protection of personal data (see links below). The committee consists of six members from various academic fields and departments at the HSL faculty.
Members of the committee:
Kjersti Fjørtoft, Professor of Philosophy (Chair)
Yulia Rodina, Professor of Linguistics (Deputy Chair)
Lill Tove Fredriksen, Associate Professor of Sámi Literature
Hans Kristian Hernes, Professor of Political Science
Charlotte Damm, Professor of Archeology
John Håkon Schultz, Professor of Pedagogy
Applying for ethical approval of a research project
- Please consider first whether your project should be notified to Sikt (Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research). If you are collecting and processing personal data in a research project, you should notify Sikt. Personal data is any data that can be linked to a person. Processing is any operation that is performed on personal data, including collecting and registering, arranging and analyzing, transferring and storing as well as publishing and archiving (https://sikt.no/en/personvernhandbok-forskning/what-personal-data). If you are only going to collect anonymous data, then the project should not be notified to Sikt. If it is necessary for you to obtain approval from HSL-Ethics in addition to the approval from Sikt, we recommend that you first obtain permission from Sikt.
- Please use the following template for your application: HSL-Ethics application
- Answer all relevant questions in the template. Submit your application by e-mail to research-ethics.hsl@uit.no
- If you submit a revised version of a previous application, highlight all changes you have made since the original submission and provide the number of the original application in your new submission.
Useful links
Sist endret: 30.10.2023, endret av: Yulia Rodina
Link: https://uit.no/forskning/etikk/art?p_document_id=718193#modal_792911
