Academic Research Ethical Review Committee

 About Academic Research Ethical Review Committee
 Our Initiatives

Responsibilities

Planning and implementation of academic research ethics related publicity, training and education for researchers.
Collection and analysis of information related to academic research ethics both domestically and internationally.
Surveys related to misconduct by researchers.

Committee Members

Committee members elected by the faculties: 9
External committee members with expertise in law, accounting and academic research ethics: 2
Executive directors and Deans: 4

Total: 15

（1）Ethics seminars for researchers

1.On-demand training for faculty members and teaching staff

Waseda University supplies on-demand training media to researchers to educate and inform them on their responsibilities when conducting research. The training media outlines what constitutes research misconduct and the University’s initiatives against misconduct.
All faculty members and teaching staff are encouraged to partake in the training via Waseda Moodle.
For more details, please refer to ‘Seminar on Academic Research Ethics‘.

2.Lectures

2007	Research Activities and Copyright —The basics of copyright law for researchers— Speaker: Professor Ryu Takabayashi, Faculty of Law
2008	Scientists and Research Ethics —How to Avoid Involvement in Research Misconduct— Speaker: Professor Haklak Rockbill, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences
2009	Fostering Honesty, Accuracy, Efficiency and Objectivity in Research: The Role of Universities Speaker: Dr. Nicholas H. Steneck, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan Consultant to Federal Office of Research Integrity
2014	Ethical Issues when Submitting Papers Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth（Liz）Wager Former Chair, Committee on Publication Ethics（COPE）
2019	Lecture on “Predatory Journals/Publishers” Speaker: Satoru Nogami, Senior Research Administrator, Office for Advancement of Research Administrators, the University of Tokyo

（2）Ethics Education for Students

With the goal of facilitating better student understanding of research ethics, the University offers the open education subject ‘Introduction to Academic and Research Integrity’.
In addition to graduate students, third and fourth year undergraduates are also eligible to take the subject from 2010.

Subject Name	Introduction to Academic and Research Integrity
Semester, Credit and Delivery	Summer quarter and Winter quarter, 1 credits, full on-demand（e-learning） via Waseda Moodle
Location	Global Education Center
Details	The subject consists of a total of 8 lectures delivered by both internal and external experts on topics concerning research ethics. For more details, please refer to the Research Ethics syllabus “Introduction to Academic and Research Integrity.”

（3）Publication of the Academic Research Ethics Guide

Academic Research Ethics Guide

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