Research Governance
The frame every project hangs on.
Research governance frameworks covering ethical conduct and responsible practice, IP ownership, research partnerships, publication and authorship, and resolution of misconduct allegations — the policy architecture HESF 4.1 expects of every provider that conducts research.
What we build
The governance set
Policy frameworks
A coherent research policy suite: responsible conduct, ethics, IP, partnerships, authorship and publication, misconduct procedures — versioned and owned.
Oversight structures
Committee architecture and delegations that give academic governance real sight of research activity and risk.
Registers & records
Output, ethics-approval and partnership registers so research activity is accurately recorded, as HESF 4.1.3 requires.
The standard we work to
Aligned instruments
- HESF Domain 4 (Research and Research Training)
- Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
- HESF 5.2 research integrity expectations
- HESF 6.3 academic governance oversight
- Your own institutional risk appetite, documented
- Sector good practice, referenced not asserted
Test your research governance
Ask for a governance gap analysis — plain findings, honest priorities.