This course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of the main ethical issues in research. It will deal with ethical problems that arise in relation to the involvement of human beings in research projects (e.g., surveys, human-robot interaction, invasive and non-invasive devices and practices, experiments, etc.) and the involvement of animals and sentient beings. The increasing interaction between the polytechnic culture and society leads researchers to design research proposals and studies that face these ethical issues. The course therefore aims to raise awareness in this field, foster the ability to engage with relevant ethical bodies and enable a better understanding of how ethics should be embedded in research, as required by best practices, EU funding bodies and scientific journal standards. After a brief introduction on ethics in research, the course will focus on the most important and common ethical issues in research projects in the field of engineering and architecture, namely human participation, personal data processing, research on humans and sentient beings, and ethically oriented project design and development. The last to part of the course is more focused on the approach adopted by the Politecnico di Torino in dealing with ethical issues, presenting the most relevant cases decided by our Ethics Committee and discussing its work and procedures, as well as benefitting from guest speakers who will bring their experience in dealing with the topics covered in the course.

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The course is divided into six units as follows: Unit 1 [2 hours] - Prof. Avv. Mantelero Research ethics: why it matters Ethics in research - Institutional responsibility (IRB, ethics committees, etc.) - Funded research, private and EU-supported research - Medical ethics, social sciences, and engineering Unit 2 [3 hours] - Prof. Avv. Mantelero Human participation - Ethical considerations in participant recruitment and informed consent - Vulnerable participants and groups - Potential harms, mitigation, and accountability Unit 3 [3 hours] - Prof. Avv. Mantelero Personal Data - Data protection regulation - Data management - Unethically Obtained Data - Digital ethics Unit 4 [3 hours] - Prof. Ing. Knaflitz Research on humans and sentient beings and ethics - Interventional and observational studies - Ethics and participation of sentient beings - Ethics and participation of humans - Human subjects and unexpected findings Social research and ethics (guest speaker) Unit 5 [3 hours] - Prof. Ing. Knaflitz Project design and development - How to describe the study protocol - Relevant issues to be described in the protocol - Human research and unexpected findings Unit 6 [3 hours] - Prof. Avv. Mantelero The experience of Polito Ethics Committee - Polito ethical code - The most relevant cases - Case study exercise (teamwork) Unit 7 [3 hours] - Prof. Ing. Knaflitz Case studies focusing on specific topics with guest speakers presenting their experience in dealing with ethical issues in project design and devolvement.

In presenza

Sviluppo di project work in team

P.D.2-2 - Marzo