Application procedure

You can submit an ethics review request by filling out the ethics review request form and mailing it to ethiekmaatschappijwetenschappen@FSW.leidenuniv.nl. Before submitting an ethics review request, please consult the Ethics Review Committee of the Social Sciences Ethics Procedure and Questions document. This document helps to clarify the ethical questions and dilemmas in your research.

When collecting personal data, please contact the our colleagues at datamanagement@fsw.leidenuniv.nl for a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA). The Privacy Officer will inform the Ethics Review Committee about the outcome of the assessment.

The Faculty's Privacy Officer can help you with GDPR compliance, information security, data transfer/processing issues, and assist you with legal agreements related to data transfer/processing.

Target group

The Ethics Review Committee Social Sciences reviews request from researchers working in the Institutes of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Political Science and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies. Everyone affiliated with these institutes can submit a request, including project managers, professors, PhD candidates, postdocs, and visiting researchers.