Research Ethics Committee (REC)

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The Arts et Métiers Research Ethics CommitteeArts et Métiers CER AM) and the Arts et Métiers Data Protection Officer support the Arts et Métiers group's research staff Arts et Métiers ensure the protection of human participants involved in its projects. 

The CER's mission is to issue ethical opinions on research projects carried out or supervised by Arts et Métiers staff Arts et Métiers involving human subjects. The CER's internal regulations were approved by the Board of Directors of the Ecole Nationale SupérieureArts et Métiers September 26, 2024. The CER procedural note is the reference document that guides Arts et Métiers staff members who are conducting or supervising a project in submitting an application to the CER.

Composition of the CER  

The CER is composed of voting members (including a chair and vice-chair) and non-voting members, whose appointment procedures are specified in the internal regulations of the CER Arts et Métiers.

Voting members (four pairs of members from within the Arts et Métiers group Arts et Métiers four external figures)

  • Claudio VERGARI and Laura VALDES TAMAYO / Arts et Métiers
  • Fabrice MANTELET and Frédéric SEGONDS / Arts et Métiers
  • Jean-Yves DANTAN and Marc LASSAGNE / Arts et Métiers
  • Sylvain FLEURY and Olivier CHRISTMANN / Arts et Métiers
  • Emilie LOUP ESCANDE / Picardie Jules Verne University
  • Stephanie BUISINE / CESI
  • Santiago Arroya-Tobón / Aix-Marseille University
  • Nathalie ANDRE / University of Poitiers

Non-voting members

  • Director of Research: Eléanor FONTAINE
  • The personal data protection officer and ethics officer: Sébastien GARCIA
  • Director of Scientific Information and Open Science: Christine OLLENDORFF
  • Scientific integrity advisor: Jean-Christophe BATSALE

Chair and Vice Chair of the CER

  • Sylvain Fleury and Laura Valdes Tamayo

Who should I contact?

  • Requests for referral should be sent to the CER office: bureau.cer@ensam.eu
  • For data processing compliance (if the protocol holder is a member of the Arts et Métiers group): The Data Protection Officer (DPO): dpo@ensam.eu

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