19.3.2021
TENK's educational videos have been translated into two new languages. The videos are now available in Finnish, Swedish, English, French and Russian.
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8.7.2020
On this page is a list of organisations that have committed to compling with The ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK guidelines 2019
24.4.2020
Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK has produced a short video on the guidelines for ethical review in research with human participants.
21.4.2020
For research involving human participants, the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK has issued a set of guidelines on the ethical principles to be followed.
21.4.2020
Ethical review in Finland depends on whether the research is medical or in the scope of human sciences.
Medical research
The Medical Research Act and Decree (488/1999) regulate medical research involving human beings.
According to the Act, medical
21.4.2020
Ethical review means advance scrutiny and evaluation of a research plan in the light of the ethical practices generally followed in that particular discipline of science, with special emphasis on preventing any harm that the research or its results might
20.4.2020
Ethical review is part of comprehensive and proactive research integrity, the aim of which is to anticipate ethical problems and risks.
16.12.2019
Tutkimuseettisen neuvottelukunnan tiedote 16.9.2019
24.8.2018
Who should be asked to give consent when research concerns children or young people? How to ensure that a child knows what consent involves?
15.7.2018
Legislation aims to ensure that clinical research uses competent methods, produces reliable results and is ethically acceptable.
14.6.2018
At universities of applied sciences, the job of ethics committees is to conduct preliminary ethical reviews of research in the human sciences.
7.6.2018
Ethical review means scrutiny and evaluation of a research plan in advance in the light of the ethical practices.