The Ethics and Data Sharing Platform was developed to encourage conversations and collaborations between ethicists and other researchers with an interest in research ethics and related topics.

The platform provides a forum for discussion; Q&A for sharing questions, solutions and guidance; collaborations and other activities, all aimed at together gaining insights and solutions into ethical and data governance issues in research. Through this forum the ethics, data governance and genomic epidemiology community will support new research, address current issues, and train the next generation of ethicists and researchers by actively supporting and including young researchers in platform activities.

The PHA4GE Ethics and Data Sharing Working group particularly hopes to foster a platform that can change and improve the current ethics and data governance research culture and support a vibrant, supportive and collegial community of researchers interested in ethics and governance. We aim to achieve this by providing a forum in which we can learn to work together honestly, respectfully and equitably, building trust, and developing a strong and positive collaborative community in ethics practice. The PHA4GE Ethics and Data Sharing Platform is intended to be a safe, respectful, collegial, inclusive and equitable space that advances ethics research and nurtures researchers from a wide variety of different professional backgrounds and career stages.