APSA Principles and Guidance for Human Subjects Research

On April 4, 2020, at the 2020 Spring Council Meeting, the APSA Council approved and adopted the following Principles and Guidance for Human Subjects Research. Scholars conducting research involving human subjects and those interested in reviewing the guidance are invited to review the principles and guidance. APSR takes seriously its role as a space for scholarly communication within the political science community. Such scholarly communication entails clear and transparent sharing of our research across disciplinary subfields and epistemological and methodological approaches. This, in turn, requires clear and transparent communication about the procedures that we use to collect our evidence and to ensure that our research practices are ethical. While epistemological and methodological diversity is a strength of the political science community, this diversity also makes more imperative scholarly communication that is as transparent and accessible as possible across disciplinary subfields and approaches. Consequently, the APSR expects all authors to comply with ethical and transparency obligations described in APSA's A Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science (2012) and in Principles and Guidance for Human Subjects Research (approved by the APSA Council, April 4, 2020).