Find a full list of authorised Local Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) at °×С½ãÂÛ̳.
To support our work to reform research ethics at °×С½ãÂÛ̳, the Research Innovation and Global Engagement Committee (RIGEC) has approved a new governance structure.
From April 2024 a new LREC Chairs group will be established for the 24ÌýLocal Research Ethics Committees (LRECs) operating in faculties and departments, to facilitate the sharing of best practice and developing consistent approaches to emerging ethical issues
Please contact ethics@ucl.ac.uk if you would like to explore establishing an LREC in your department.Ìý
Approved LRECs by Faculty
Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities LREC
- Chair: Andrew Flinn (a.flinn@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Hannah Tipple (h.tipple@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýÌý(access to A&H/SHS Joint Faculties SharePoint required)
- School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) LREC
- Chair:ÌýAnne White (anne.white@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýInformation for applicants is included on the BA and MA dissertation Moodle pages and in the SSEES Almanac (for lecturers and PhD students)
The Bartlett
- Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) LREC
- Chair:ÌýJon Reades (j.reades@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýCASA LREC Moodle Course:Ìý
- Development Planning UnitÌýLREC
- Chairs: Julio DavilaÌý(j.davila@ucl.ac.uk) andÌýLe-Yin Zhang (le-yin.zhang@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Michael Casey-Gillman (m.casey-gillman@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Development Planning Unit website
- Institute for Global Prosperity LREC
- Chair: Sertac Sehlikoglu (s.sehlikoglu@ucl.ac.uk)
- Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) LREC
- Chair: Carolina Alves (carolina.alves@ucl.ac.uk)
- School of Planning LREC
- Chair:ÌýDr Chris Foye (c.foye@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Sustainable Construction LREC
- Chair:ÌýDr Efrosyni Konstantinou (efrosyni.konstantinou@ucl.ac.uk)
- Deputy Chair:ÌýNicola Moretti (n.moretti@ucl.ac.uk) and Lusi Morhayim (l.morhayim@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
Brain Sciences
- Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PaLS) LREC
- Chair: Adam Harris (adam.harris@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: PaLS LREC webpage
The PaLS LREC reviews and approves low riskÌýethics applications for research with adult participants (18+) submitted by °×С½ãÂÛ̳ staff PIs or postdoctoral researchers. All other applications should be submitted to the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Research Ethics Service for review.
Engineering
- Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (CEGE) LREC
- Chairs: Nicola Christie (nicola.christie@ucl.ac.uk) andÌýClaire Ellul (c.ellul@ucl.ac.uk)
- Computer Science LREC
- Please send applications for review and related queries toÌýcs.rec@ucl.ac.ukÌýrather thanÌýto Chairs' email addresses.
- Chairs: Nicolas Gold (n.gold@ucl.ac.uk) andÌýCaroline Wardle (c.wardle@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator: Katie Smithies (cs.rec@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information and submission procedures (for use by staff and project supervisors):
- Further information for students: (enrolment code: csethics1920).
- School of Management LREC
- Chair: Sarah Harvey (sarah.r.harvey@ucl.ac.uk)
- Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) LREC
- Chair: Sarah-Louise QuinnellÌý(s.quinnell@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Administrator/Coordinator: steapp.ethics@ucl.ac.uk
- Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (MPBE) LREC
- Chairs: Sarah Gulliford (s.gulliford@ucl.ac.uk)Ìýand JamesÌýMcClelland (j.mcclelland@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Applications for review by this LREC should be sentÌýto the email address Ìýmedphys.ethics@ucl.ac.uk (not to chair and co-chair individual addresses)
ÌýInstitute of Education (IOE)
- IOE LREC
- Chair:ÌýNicole BrownÌý(nicole.brown@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator:ÌýNishita Nair, Research Ethics Officer (ioe.researchethics@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýIOE LREC website
Laws
- Faculty of Laws LREC
- Chair:ÌýCheryl ThomasÌý(cheryl.thomas@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Administrator/Coordinator:ÌýLaws Research Office Manager (laws.research@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýLaws Faculty LREC websiteÌý
Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS)
- Institute for RiskÌýand Disaster Reduction (IRDR) LREC
- Chair: Lisa DanquahÌý(l.danquah@ucl.ac.uk)
The IRDR LREC reviews and approves low-riskÌýethics applications for undergraduate and master’s research. PhD applications should be submitted to the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Research Ethics Service for review.
Population Health Sciences (FPHS)
- Institute of Health Informatics LREC
- Chair: Paul Taylor (p.taylor@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Co-Chair: Johan Thygesen (j.thygesen@ucl.ac.uk)
- Institute for Women's Health LREC
- Interim Chair:ÌýDaniel Reisel (d.reisel@ucl.ac.uk) Ìý(Zeynep Gurtin on maternity leave)
- Deputy Chair:ÌýJane Currie (jane.currie@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Sarah Kim (sarah.kim@ucl.ac.uk)
Life Sciences
- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
- Chair:ÌýThomas Otis (t.otis@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- School of Pharmacy
- Chair:ÌýSara Garfield
- Deputy Chair:ÌýSmita Salunke
- Administrator: Fiona Marquet
- Contact: Ìýsop.ethics@ucl.ac.uk
Social and Historical Sciences (SHS)
- Anthropology LREC
- Chair: Marie-Annick Moreau (marie-annick.moreau@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Emily Woodhouse (e.woodhouse@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:Ìý
- SHS LREC (Economics, Geography, History of Art, Institute of Americas, and Institute of Advanced Studies)
- Chair: Sue Hamilton (s.hamilton@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Administrator/Coordinator: Dr Miriam Hay, SHS Research Governance Officer (miriam.hay@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:
- History LREC
- Chair: Michael Collins (michael.collins@ucl.ac.uk)
- Administrator/Coordinator: Oana Borlea-Stancioi (o.borlea@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information:ÌýHistory LREC websiteÌý
- Institute of Archaeology LREC
- Chair: Julia Shaw (julia.shaw@ucl.ac.uk)Ìý
- Deputy Chair: Rachael Sparks (r.sparks@ucl.ac.uk)
- Further information: Institute of Archaeology LREC website
- Political Science LREC (Social and Historical Sciences)
- Chair: Rod AbouharbÌý(m.abouharb@ucl.ac.uk)