Social Science Research Ethics in Africa

1. Research Ethics and Integrity in Social Sciences in Africa2. A Critical Discussion on the Relevance of Biosocial Science Research Ethics Codes and Principles for Social Science Researchers in Africa3. Research Ethics Governance ¿ An African Perspective
4. African Social Science Research Ethics and Integrity
5. Ethics Review Framework and Guidelines for Social Science Research
6. A risk framework for research in social sciences
7. Human Dignity Protection in Social Science Research in Africa: The State and Role of National Research Guidelines
8. Vulnerability
9. Informed Consent In Africa ¿ Integrating Individual And Collective Autonomy
10. Engaged Research: An African Macro-Ethics Perspective
11. Equity, Equality and Justice in Biosocial Science Research in Africa
12. Social Responsibility and Health Related Research
13. An African Perspective of Benefits in Social Science Research
14. Protecting Future Generations Through Social Responsible Research Ethics Practices
15. Data Sharing: Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality Amidst the Big Data Debate - Implications for Social Science Research
16. Promoting Research Integrity and Avoiding Misconduct - Perspectives On and From Africa17. Unethical Authorship Deals: Concepts, Challenges and Guidelines18. Building Research Ethics Capacity in Africa

Dr Nico Nortjé has been involved with ethics training and research for the past two decades. Nico has a doctorate in Applied Ethics from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and also holds two masters degrees one in Psychology (cum laude) and one in Future Studies (Business) from the same university. He furthermore also has a post-graduate diploma in Clinical Counselling from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and another post-graduate diploma from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in Medical Law. Nico has more than thirty peer reviewed articles and seven book chapters to his name. He is the main editor on another book looking at healthcare Ethics in Africa, and has given numerous keynote addresses across the globe. Nico is an editor for the Canadian Journal of Bioethics and is often approached by industry specific journals to write articles/opinion pieces on ethics. Nicös own research interest includes moral decision-making in healthcare settings. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer center in Houston (USA) where he is a clinical ethicist, assistant professor in teaching, and also a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Dr Retha Visagie is the Manager: Research Integrity at the University of South Africa. She has been an advocate for research ethics reform since 2012. Prior to her appointment as a research manager, she taught psychiatric nursing science and research methodology at a number of local universities. She has a doctorate degree in Psychiatric Nursing Science from the University of Johannesburg. She furthermore also has a postgraduate diploma in Health Research Ethics (Cum Laude) from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa). She was awarded the prestigious title of Fogarty Fellow in 2015. Retha is the 2018 recipient of the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association¿s award for professional excellence in research management. She is active in the Southern African