Pushing the Limits: A Framework to Reform Institutional Ethics Review of Environmentally-Impactful Computing Research
Computationally-intensive research (CIR) takes place on a wide variety of topics including AI. Its environmental impact is potentially significant yet it does not always fall clearly within the scope of organisational ethics review policy on its own merits. Many academic institutions have ethics oversight bodies (e.g. Research Ethics Committees or Institutional Review Boards) that occupy a potentially powerful position to encourage recognition of these issues and seek reflexive practice in resea
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Published: 2 June 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Environment
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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