Governance
Lightweight governance that can grow.
YARA Research operates a founder-led governance model designed for a small independent research initiative, with the capacity to grow into a more formal structure as the organisation matures.
Roles & Responsibilities
Founder / Research Director Strategy, research agenda, final decisions Active
Programme Lead Research ownership within a programme Founder initially
Research Fellow Experiments and research papers Future volunteers
Reviewer Independent technical review External collaborators
Engineering Contributor Code and research infrastructure Open source community
Research Operations Documentation and publishing Founder initially
Honorary positions will not be created to make the organisation appear larger. Every role represents genuine responsibility.
Governance Policies
The following policies are in development and will be published before external contributors are accepted.
Research Ethics Policy Integrity and responsible experimentation
Planned Research Publication Policy Authorship, peer review and publication
Planned Open-source Policy Code licensing and contribution
Planned IP Ownership Policy Ownership of research outputs
Planned Conflict of Interest Policy Employer, commercial and funding conflicts
Planned Data Governance Policy Data sources, privacy and retention
Planned AI Usage Policy Disclosure of AI-assisted research
Planned Security & Disclosure Policy Vulnerability reporting and sensitive findings
Planned Contributor Agreement Attribution, licences and participation
Planned Authorship Standards
01 Authorship must reflect meaningful intellectual or technical contribution.
02 Reviewers do not automatically become authors.
03 AI tools must not be represented as human authors.
04 AI-assisted writing and experimentation should be disclosed when material.
05 All authors must approve the submitted version.
06 Negative findings and limitations must not be hidden.
07 Corrections should be issued transparently.