CEMFI Research Ethics Committee

All research conducted at CEMFI should be performed in accordance with CEMFI’s research ethics guidelines. The purpose of the ethical standards is to promote and facilitate the conduct of research in ways that respect the dignity and preserve the wellbeing of human research participants, and that maintain confidentiality of individual data. The research ethics guidelines apply to all CEMFI staff, including faculty, researchers, students, and administrative staff.

CEMFI's Research Ethics Committee is formed by three members, who are appointed by the Director for a period of three years. Its current members are: Nagore Iriberri (Universidad del País Vasco), Arturo Ribagorda (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid), and Jaume Garcia-Villar (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), who acts as Chair.

The Committee is responsible for the following tasks:

• Formulate and periodically update CEMFI's research ethics guidelines, and make them available to CEMFI staff and the public at large.
• Monitor the application of CEMFI’s research ethics guidelines.
• Design the requirements and procedures for the ethics approval of research conducted at CEMFI.
• Undertake the ethics evaluation of research that requires ethics approval, consulting external experts if needed.
• Report on the results of ethics approval processes to the Director and to third parties.