Composition of the Committee

The Committee for Ethics of Research Involving Human Beings was established by Decision No. 314/2024 of the Rector of the Warsaw University of Technology dated 2 December 2024.

The Committee is composed of:

• Professor Arkadiusz Moskal , PhD – Chair
• Piotr Radziewicz, PhD, University Professor – Deputy Chair
• Agnieszka Malesińska, PhD, University Professor – Secretary
• Wioletta Jackiewicz-Rek, PhD
• Mariusz Kostrzewski, PhD, University Professor
• Marek Królikowski, PhD, University Professor
• Aneta Lorek, PhD, University Professor
• Barbara Siemiątkowska, PhD, University Professor

Substantive supervision over the Committee’s activities is exercised by the Vice-Rector for the Płock Branch.

Objectives and Tasks of the Committee

The main objective of the Committee for Ethics of Research Involving Human Beings is to ensure that research projects conducted at the Warsaw University of Technology comply with ethical principles and with generally accepted standards for conducting scientific research involving humans, as expressed in national and international ethical and legal documents, in particular the principles contained in the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights and the Guide for Research Ethics Committee Members issued by the Steering Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe.

The main tasks of the Committee include:

• Analysis and evaluation of applications concerning scientific research involving human participants and/or the use of personal data, submitted by employees, doctoral candidates, and students of the Warsaw University of Technology;
• Issuing opinions on research projects that have not previously been submitted for assessment to other research ethics committees;
• Providing answers to questions concerning scientific research;
• Undertaking activities aimed at promoting ethical principles within the academic community.

Important Notice

The Committee for Ethics of Research Involving Human Beings does not have the powers of a bioethics committee. Therefore, research projects involving the conduct of medical experiments of a research nature, within the meaning of Article 21 et seq. of the Act of 5 December 1996 on the Professions of Physician and Dentist (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1287, as amended), must be submitted for review to the competent bioethics committee.

At the same time, the Committee emphasizes that any scientific research involving a medical experiment is subject to mandatory review by a competent bioethics committee, under penalty of criminal liability for failure to comply with this obligation.

If a research project involving a medical experiment of a research nature contains a non-medical component led by an employee, doctoral candidate, or student of the Warsaw University of Technology, the head of that component may apply to the Committee for an opinion on the compliance of the research project involving human participants with the principles of research ethics. Such an opinion shall apply only to the non-medical part of the research project and does not replace the opinion of a bioethics committee.

Submission of an Application

A duly completed application, signed by the head of a basic or university-wide organizational unit of the Warsaw University of Technology, should be sent in the form of a scanned document to the email address of the Chair of the Committee: 

arkadiusz.moskal@pw.edu.pl.

The Committee for Ethics of Research Involving Human Beings of the Warsaw University of Technology plays a key role in ensuring that all research conducted at the University complies with established ethical and regulatory standards, which is essential for the protection of research participants and for the integration of ethical values into the University’s scientific activities.