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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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Contents

• 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

2.5 - Research misconduct

The Gambling Commission adopts the definition of Research Misconduct as stated in The Concordat to Support Research Integrity (opens in new tab) and detailed in Appendix 4.

Any concerns regarding questionable research practices or research misconduct by internal staff should be reported confidentially via email to the Research Governance Manager in the first instance. The Research Governance Manager will then report this to the Senior Management Team who will refer this to People Services if deemed appropriate. External research providers are responsible for monitoring and investigating allegations of research conduct involving their staff. We should be notified of any cases of research misconduct so we can determine any follow up action required.

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Last updated: 30 April 2026

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