Research Ethics Review Board

Research ethics review

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences conducts research ethics reviews in accordance with its bylaws and guidelines in order to promote honest and responsible research activities involving human subjects, including questionnaire surveys, interview surveys, school education research, and psychological experiments. The Research Ethics Review Board reviews if

  • A proposed research has social and academic significance
  • Any possible physical or mental disadvantage to the research subjects are minimized
  • Research subjects will be explained about research content and risks before providing their voluntary informed consent
  • Research data and personal information of research subjects will be appropriately managed 
  • Potential conflict of interests that may affect the fairness of the research are explained 

The Ethics Review Board has established the four academic discipline working groups (WGs) to review researches in diverse fields. Interdisciplinary research or large-scale research that does not fit within the specific WG will be reviewed by the Ethics Review Board, which is attended by the chairpersons of all four WGs.

  • Education and Sport Science WG
  • Psychology WG
  • Law, Politics, Economics and Sociology WG
  • Humanities WG

Research that is subject to the Japanese laws and governmental guidelines, such as medical research and human genome research, will be reviewed by the Hiroshima University Ethics Review Committee (https://ethics.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/). The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences conducts ethical review of research involving human subjects, which is not subject to the respective laws and guidelines, with reference to the contents of the Declaration of Helsinki and the respective guidelines.

Links to bylaws and guidelines

Information for applicants [Hirodai ID required]

Instructions and items on application form are available in here.

Contact

For inquiries from outside the university regarding research ethics review, please contact: ed-ken-zai@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

*If you are a researcher in the Hiroshima University, and wish to inquire about an application, please contact the support office of the WGs. The email address for the offices are available here.


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Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8524 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-6705
FAX: +81-82-424-3478
(Support Office for the fields of Education / Managing Support Office for the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Humanities Program
1-2-3 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8522 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-6604
FAX: +81-82-424-0315
(Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Law and Politics Program
1-1-89 Higashisendamachi, Hiroshima Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-542-7045
FAX: +81-82-542-6964
(Higashi-Senda Area Support Office)

Economics Program
1-2-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8525 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-7203
FAX: +81-82-424-7212
(Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program
1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8521 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-6306
FAX: +81-82-424-0751
(Support Office for the fields of Integrated Arts and Sciences)

Psychology Program / Educational Design for Teacher Educators Program / Educational Studies Program / Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program / Professional Development Program for Teachers and School Leaders
1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8524 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-6705
FAX: +81-82-424-3478
(Support Office for the fields of Education / Managing Support Office for the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences)

International Peace and Co-existence Program / International Economic Development Program / International Education Development Program / Joint International Master's Programme in Sustainable Development(Hiroshima University and University of Graz)
1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 739-8529 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-424-6905
FAX: +81-82-424-6904
(Support Office for the fields of International Development and Cooperation)

Management Sciences Program / Program for Law Practice Professionals
1-1-89 Higashisendamachi, Hiroshima Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0053 JAPAN
TEL: +81-82-542-7014
FAX: +81-82-542-6964
(Higashi-Senda Area Support Office)