0202501300619

Ethical conduct in research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities Description: Document containing guidelines for conducting ethical research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities. Provides a set of principles to ensure research is safe, respectable, responsible, high-quality, and of benefit to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.

The guidelines work to inform all steps in the research process, including conception (forming the initial idea), design (planning the research), conduct (ways of doing the research), reporting (what happened), and dissemination of findings (circulation to relevant bodies).
STARDIT ID: 0202501300619

Dates

State completed
Start 2015-01-01
End 2018-08-01
Form updated 2025-01-30

Report authors

Tynan Bressan
0009-0006-6156-9462
Main report author

Location

Canberra, Australia

URL

https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/resources/ethical-conduct-research-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples-and-communities

Aims

Designed to inform the processes researchers and stakeholders undergo to develop beneficial research.

Ensure safe, respectable and responsible high-quality research of benefit to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.

Keywords

Guidelines

Research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Category

education/learning

Inputs

organisation

Stage: Completed

National Health and Medical Research Council (link)

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Task: Published guidelines, collated information, established review committee, consultation with advisory consumer representative/s.
Method: Established Indigenous Research Ethics Guidelines (IREG) Review Working Committee, and approved revision of previous guidelines.
Declared interests: Professional - Dedicated to ensuring researchers in their field are practicing ethical conduct.
Impact: Guidelines provide

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The NHMRC are a statutory body in the health and medical research field.

time

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3 years

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Three years of review of past documents, research into best practices and creation of published document.

Outputs and impacts

publication/report/document

State: Completed

Guidelines document published (link)

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Impact: Researchers and stakeholders refer to this document to maintain effective and ethical practices, ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities benefit from the research.

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Document which defines six core values — spirit and integrity, cultural continuity, equity, reciprocity, respect, and responsibility. Applying these values and other ethical principles will ensure that research conducted with or for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities, or their data or biological samples, is ethically conducted.