Research ethics guidance and resources

Research ethics: what, why and how: a brief overview (slides)
Ethics review considerations: A quick guide for researchers (students and staff)

LSE Research Ethics Policy
Ethics review in a nutshell (an overview of when ethics review is required and the review process)
Submitting an ethics review: please see our instructions.

• Informed consent – includes guidance on written consent, verbal consent, the use of deception, researching sensitive issues and working with participants with diminished capacity
• Example participant information sheet/consent forms: Word version of our templates.
• What is consent? – highlights the difference between consent in terms of ethics versus consent for data protection purposes

• Payments and benefits to research participants
• Research with children and vulnerable groups 
  - If working with children, you may also find it very useful to look at the resources available on the Global Kids Online website.
  - Please also see the UKRIO online training module on Research with children and young people.
• Researcher's wellbeing
  - Toolkit to support researcher’s wellbeing (UCL, University of Leeds, UKRI and University of Exeter, 2023) 
  - Code of Practice for the Safetyof Social Researchers (Social Research Association, 2012)
  - Lone research working principles (University of Lancaster)
  - LSE Staff Wellbeing webpages
  - LSE Students Health& Wellbeing webpages
• Using social media data and Internet data in research 
• Guidance on Handling Potential Non-Genuine Participants in Online Research (French, B. et al.,2025)
• Data Management and protection: please see the LSE Research Data Management guidance (all researchers) or check out the quick guide for UG and Masters' students. 
  LSE Research Privacy Notice 
  Guidance for researchers working with personal data

The Association of Internet Researchers: Internet Research: Ethical Guidelines 3.0

The Association of Social Anthropologists: Ethical Guidelines

The British Psychological Society: Code of human research ethics

The Market Research Society: Code of Conduct

The Social Research Association: Research Ethics Guidance.

ESRC Research Ethics Framework / Useful resources: a comprehensive list of professional ethics codes and guidelines