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In most cases, asking for approval from the ethics committee depends on whether the researcher wants to conduct human research. Human research involves processing personal data and studying the participant’s physical or mental health. Some human research in Estonia is specifically regulated by law, such as clinical trials on medicinal products and devices and human genetic research.
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2.13.1. Statutory obligation
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Also, the project funder or the publishing house where the researcher plans to publish the study may require approval. For example, if the lead partner in an international project decides that approval from national ethics committees is required for the research, Estonian researchers need to obtain the approval.
Example A medical researcher carried out a study for which he did not consider it necessary to seek the ethics committee’s approval because it did not involve special categories of data. After the study was completed, the researcher wanted to publish an article on the subject in an international journal. The publisher required the researcher to obtain approval from the ethics committee. The ethics committee does not grant approvals retroactively, and so the article was not published in an international journal. Thus, while approval is not always mandatory, the lack of approval may reduce the researcher’s chances to publish. |
2.13.3. Ethical considerations
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In addition, a researcher may always voluntarily seek the ethics committee’s approval.
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