The Research Governance Framework For The Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse.

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The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse established a research governance framework to support its inquiry into how institutions managing children responded to allegations of child sexual abuse. The framework encompasses a research program spanning four broad areas: prevention, victim and offender programs and services, organisational processes and culture, and criminal justice. The governance structure aims to ensure high-quality, ethical, and accountable research compliant with national standards, with oversight from an expert advisory panel. The panel provides advice on research plan content, types of research projects to be undertaken, quality assurance of researcher work, and identification of additional expertise needed. The framework applies to investigations across private, public, and non-government organisations including schools, sporting clubs, religious organisations, and government agencies, examining systemic failures in child protection and institutional responses to abuse.