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The Role of Academic Institutions in Establishing AI Research Ethical Committees: Case of Universities in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author(s) Mr. John Tombola Barabara, Héritier Ombeni Kalalizi, Béatrice Mukanyandwi
Country Congo (Democratic)
Abstract This article examines the experiences of staff in higher education institutions with regard to research integrity about the contribution of academic institutions in the establishment of AI specific committees. AI ethics in research is an envisaged competency that researchers have to comply in the process of publication (Wirnkor, 2025; Baten, Laneuville & van Deyzen, 2023; Perkins & Roe, 2023). Existing studies address AI as catalyst for change addressing the concerns of quality education in sub-Saharan Africa (Ewulley et al., 2023; Elfert & Ydesen, 2023). The state of affairs describes paucity of research on and in AI (SSA) (Barrett, 2023, p. 287). Research shows that in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), digital skills and infrastructures are not developed, with only 8.6 percent internet users in 2017 (World Bank, 2020, p. 16). Meanwhile, the focus is on how higher education institutions shape AI research ethics in the East region of DRC. With quantitative approach, the study sampled 60 university staff members of different categories. The paper applied a google form questionnaire embedding closed and open questions to collect data. The findings reveal 51.7% of informants to be familiar with the concept of AI ethics and learnt about in different times. But 70% have never had any training on AI; meanwhile 68.3% acknowledge AI ethics to be very important in academic research and development. 96.7% agree that there are benefits for institutions to establish committees in charge of AI research ethics but 93.3% describe their institutions not to have AI-specific ethical committees. Participants report that academic institutions promoting AI ethics govern misuse of AI, enhance research free of plagiarism. Higher institutions have the responsibility to set AI specific ethical committees charged to devise institutional ethical guidelines, ensure researchers align with AI ethical principles and reflect possible ways of integrating AI in curricula. The paper concludes that training of university staff is a necessity to undermine AI-related risks in academia
Keywords AI, AI ethics, research ethics, academic institutions, ethical committee
Field Computer > Artificial Intelligence / Simulation / Virtual Reality
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-12-30
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.64765
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