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Research governance framework 

The Gambling Commission's Research Governance Framework.

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Published
30 April 2026

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• Research governance framework 

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• Introduction
• • Research at the Gambling Commission
  • The Research Governance Framework
  • Developing and updating the research governance framework
• Ethical gambling research
• • Introduction to ethical gambling research
  • Core research principles and guidelines for ethical gambling research
  • Research involving AI
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Research misconduct
• Ethical approval for gambling research with human participants
• • Which projects require ethical approval
  • General considerations for ethical approval in gambling research
  • The ethical approval process
• The peer review process
• Roles and responsibilities
• Other external research involvement
• Research data governance
• • General principles of research data governance and research data safeguarding
  • What documents are required?
  • Data sharing
• Dissemination of research
• Monitoring, review and data corrections
• Appendices
• • Appendix 1: Ethics Checklist for projects requiring full Ethical Approval
  • Appendix 2: Data management plan checklist checklist
  • Appendix 3: Peer review checklist
  • Appendix 4: Research misconduct

3 - Ethical approval for gambling research with human participants

Contents

1. 3.1 - Which projects require ethical approval Details on which projects require ethical approval in The Gambling Commission's Research Governance Framework.
2. 3.2 - General considerations for ethical approval in gambling research Details on general considerations for ethical approval for gambling research in The Gambling Commission's Research Governance Framework.
3. 3.3 - The ethical approval process Details on the ethical approval process in The Gambling Commission's Research Governance Framework.

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