WORKSHOP: Workshop on Ethical Challenges of Experiments in the Social Sciences

这个研讨会在加州圣地亚哥大学汇集了来自多个社会科学学科的学者，机构审查委员会的代表，以及来自研究支持和出版界的专业人士的国际小组，以解决实验研究的设计和实施中出现的伦理问题。研讨会的重点是确定核心伦理问题，建立明确的指导方针，并努力在该领域达成共识，以保护研究的完整性。该项目的智力价值与其对跨社会科学的科学探究的日益增长的方法的关注有关。学者们越来越多地采用现场，实验室和调查实验在美国国内外评估一系列理论驱动的问题。虽然获得美国IRB的批准是一项常规要求，但从研究活动所在国获得类似批准的标准并不存在。研讨会将讨论在美国以外进行实验工作的伦理、智力和学术问题。研讨会的广泛影响与其为社会科学研究人员提出建议的目标有关。研讨会将有一系列专家参加，他们将发表研究结果和建议，并向学术界、专业协会和公众提供。

This workshop at the University of California San Diego brings together an international group of scholars from several social science disciplines, representatives of institutional review boards, and professionals from the research support and publication communities to address ethical issues emerging in the design and implementation of experimental research. The workshop focuses on identifying the central ethical issues, establishing clear guidelines, and working toward a consensus in the field to protect the integrity of research. The intellectual merit of the project is associated with its attention to a growing approach to scientific inquiry across the social sciences. Scholars have increasingly employed field, laboratory, and survey experiments both inside and outside the United States to evaluate a range of theoretically-driven questions. While obtaining clearance from US-based IRBs is a regular requirement, standards do not exist for obtaining similar approvals from the countries hosting the research activities. The workshop will address the ethical, intellectual, and scholarly issues in conducting experimental work outside the United States.The workshop's broader impacts are connected with its goal of developing recommendations for researchers across the social sciences. The workshop will involve a range of experts who will publish the findings and recommendations, making them available to the scholarly community, professional associations, and the public.