The Iscte Business School’s Ethics Committee (EC) is responsible for issuing opinions and recommendations, within the scope of the respective scientific areas, on the research carried out by students of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle curricular units, of master’s dissertations, PhD theses, or project reports. The Ethics Committee is also responsible for issuing opinions on the research carried out by teachers and researchers from the Iscte Business School and the Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte).
A study should be submitted for analysis by the EC if any of the following applies:
- the study involves processing personal data
- the study involves a sample derived from vulnerable populations
- the study involves significant risks for the participants
Ethics Committee Members:
- Patrícia Filipe, President
- Alexandra Ferreira Lopes, Member
- Ana Patrícia Duarte, Member
- Jonas Oliveira, Member
- Sandra Loureiro, Member
Guiding documents:
- Regulations of the Ethics Council and Ethics Committees of Iscte (Portuguese only) (click here)
- Code of Ethical Conduct in Research (click here)
- Guidelines for Researchers on Protection of Personal Data in Scientific Research Activities at Iscte (click here)
- Security and Private Data Protection Recommendations (click here)
- Procedures flowchart (click here)
Submission requests:
| Submission deadline | IBS Ethics Committee Meeting |
| October 4, 2025 | October 14, 2025 |
| November 8, 2025 | November 18, 2025 |
| December 6, 2025 | December 16, 2025 |
| January 3, 2026 | January 13, 2026 |
- Submission guide (click here)
- Submission form (click here)
- Questionnaire on processing of personal data (click here)
- Debriefing explanation (click here)
- Informed consent example (for studies where there is no processing of personal data of the participants) (click here)
- Informed consent example (for studies where data is collected from the participants) (click here)
