Ethics-related resources

Elliot, M., Mackey, E. and O’Hara, K. (2020). The Anonymisation Decision-Making Framework, 2nd Edition. University of Manchester: UKAN. https://ukanon.net/framework/

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Fogel, C., Quinlan, A., Quinlan, L. and She, Q. (2010). ‘Ethical issues in socio-historical archival research: a short skit.’ Research Ethics Review 6(3), pp. 91-94. https://doi.org/10.1177/174701611000600305

McKee, H.A. and Porter, J.E. (2012). ‘The Ethics of Archival Research.’ Research Methodologies 64(1), pp. 59-81. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23264917

Taube, D.O. and Burkhardt, S. (1997). ‘Ethical and Legal Risks Associated with Archival Research.’ Ethics & Behavior 7(1), pp. 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327019eb0701_5

The University of Sheffield Research Ethics Policy, Note no. 9:   https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/16520/download?attachment  

Tirabassi, K.E. 2010. ‘Journeying into the Archives: Exploring the Pragmatics of Archival Research.’ In: A.E. Ramsey, W.B. Sharer, B. L’Eplattenier and L.S. Mastrangelo, eds, Working in the Archives. USA: Southern Illinois University Press, 169-180. https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/258185

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Fuchs, D. and Tse, P.F. (2019). ‘Labour research under coercive authoritarianism: Comparative reflections on fieldwork challenges in China.’ Economic and Industrial Democracy 40(1), pp. 132-155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X18780337

Gentile, M. (2013). ‘Meeting the “organs”: the tacit dilemma of field research in authoritarian states.’ Area 45(4), pp. 426-432. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12030

Glasius, M., de Lange, M., Bartman, J., Dalmasso, E., Lv, A., Del Sordi, A., Michaelsen, M. and Ruijgrok, K. (2018). Research, Ethics and Risk in the Authoritarian Field. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-68966-1 (Open Access).

Greitens, S.C. and Truex, R. (2019). ‘Repressive Experiences among China Scholars: New Evidence from Survey Data.’ The China Quarterly 242, pp. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741019000365

Knott, E. (2018). ‘Beyond the field: ethics after fieldwork in politically dynamic contexts.’ Perspectives on Politics 17(1), pp. 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592718002116

Koch, N. (2013). ‘Introduction – Field methods in “closed contexts”: undertaking research in authoritarian states and places.’ Area 45(4), pp. 390-395. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12044

Liang, B. and Lu, H. (2006). ‘Conducting Fieldwork in China: Observations on Collecting Primary Data Regarding Crime, Law, and the Criminal Justice System.’ Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 22(2), pp. 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986206286918

Malthaner, S. (2014). ‘Fieldwork in the Context of Violent Conflict and Authoritarian Regimes.’ In: D. della Ports, ed., Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 173-194. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198719571.001.0001/acprof-9780198719571-chapter-8

Morgenbesser, L. and Weiss, M.L. (2018). ‘Survive and Thrive: Field Research in Authoritarian Southeast Asia.’ Asian Studies Review 42(3), pp. 385-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2018.1472210

Turner, S. ed. (2014). Red Stamps and Gold Stars: Fieldwork Dilemma in Upland Socialist Asia. Copenhagen: NIAS Press.

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Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 6. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 9, pp. 168-174. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 5. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Jiménez, C. (2018). ‘A Data Governance Framework for Ethnography v. 1.0.’ Spanish National Research Council.  https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/172227/3/data%20governance%20framework%20181115.pdf

European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), EASA’s Statement on Data Governance in Ethnographic Projects, (undated).  https://www.easaonline.org/downloads/support/EASA%20statement%20on%20data%20governance.pdf

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Bestor, T.C., Steinhoff, P.G. and Bestor, V. L. eds. (2003). Doing Fieldwork in Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.

Heimer, M. and Thøgersen, S. eds. (2006). Doing Fieldwork in China. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.

The Project on Middle East Political Science, The Ethics of Research in the Middle East (2014).

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Delamont, S. and Atkinson, P. (2018). ‘The Ethics of Ethnography.’ In: R. Iphofen and M. Tolich, eds, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics. Los Angeles: SAGE. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526435446.n8

Fife, W. (2005). Doing Fieldwork: Ethnographic Methods for Research in Developing Countries and Beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Joint statement by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth (ASA), the British Sociological Association (BSA), the European Sociological Association (ESA) and the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG),  Anthropology, Sociology, Human Geography and the implementation of new data protection legislation in UK academic institutions (2018).

Iphofen, R. (2015). Research Ethics in Ethnography/Anthropology, European Commission, Research and Innovation. https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/hi/ethics-guide-ethnog-anthrop_en.pdf

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Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Kara, H. (2018). Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous Perspectives, Bristol, UK: Policy Press. [Available at Main Library]

National Centre for Research Methods: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/

Oliver, P. (2010). The student's guide to research ethics 2nd ed., Maidenhead, Berkshire, England: Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Pullen, A. and Rhodes, C. eds. (2015). The Routledge Companion to Ethics, Politics and Organizations. Oxon: Routledge.

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Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 7. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

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Finch, E. (2001). ‘Issues of Confidentiality in Research into Criminal Activity: The Legal and Ethical Dilemma.’ Mountbatten Journal of Legal Studies 1(2), pp. 34-50. 2001_5_1_2_3_.pdf (solent.ac.uk) 

Surmiak, A. (2019). ‘Should we Maintain or Break Confidentiality? The Choices Made by Social Researchers in the Context of Law Violation and Harm.’ Journal of Academic Ethics. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10805-019-09336-2

The University of Sheffield Research Ethics Policy, Note no. 12: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/16520/download?attachment 

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Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 8. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Association of Internet Research (AoIR)

CAHSS Research Ethics Committee: Some Ethical Considerations when Rethinking Research Projects in Light of Covid-19 Situation

Digital Research Services: Digital Research Services at the University of Edinburgh 

European Commission, 2018, Ethics and data protection: 5._h2020_ethics_and_data_protection_0.pdf (europa.eu). 

Eynon, R., Schroeder, R. and Fry, J. (2009). ‘New techniques in online research: challenges for research ethics.’ 2 st Century Society 4(2), pp. 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450140903000308

Fiesler, C. and Proferes, N. (2018). ‘“Participant” Perceptions of Twitter Research Ethics.’ Social Media + Society (January-March), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118763366

Hine, C. (2015). Ethnography for the Internet: Embedded, Embodied and Everyday. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Available online via DiscoverEd]

Kozinets, R.V. (2015). Netnography: Redefined 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE. [Available at Main Library]

PPLS Information on Web-based studies.

PPLS Information on Social media data.

The British Psychological Society Ethics Guidelines for Internet-mediated Research: Ethics guidelines for internet-mediated research - The British Psychological Society (bps.org.uk) (2021).

The University of Sheffield Research Ethics Policy, Note no. 14 Research Involving Social Media Data.

Social Media Research: Ethical Guidance for Researchers at the University of Edinburgh: Social Media Research: Ethical Guidance for Researchers at the University of Edinburgh | Zenodo. 

University of Oxford guidance on Internet-Based Research (IRB).

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Edwards, R. (1998). ‘A Critical Examination of the Use of Interpreters in the Qualitative Research Process.’ Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 24, pp. 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.1998.9976626

Freed, A. (1988). ‘Interviewing through an Interpreter.’ Social Work (July-August), pp. 315-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/33.4.315

Phelan, M. and Parkman, S. (1995). ‘How to Do It: Work with an Interpreter.’ British Medical Journal 311, pp. 555-557. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7004.555

Temple, B. (2002). ‘Crossed Wires: Interpreters, Translators, and Bilingual Workers in Cross-Language Research.’ Qualitative Health Research 12(6), pp. 844-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/104973230201200610

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Oral History Society, Is your oral history legal and ethical? (undated).

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Head, E. (2009). ‘The ethics and implications of paying participants in qualitative research.’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology 12(4), pp. 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645570802246724

VanderWalde, A. and Kurzban, S. (2011). ‘Paying Human Subjects in Research: Where Are We, How Did We get Here, and Now What?’ Public Health Reform 39(3), pp. 543-58 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00621.x

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Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Ethical Policy Framework (2017): Ethics Policy | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (cssd.ac.uk) 

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Alderson, P. and Morrow, V. (2011). The Ethics of Research with Children and Young People: A Practical Handbook 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

British Educational Research Association (BERA) Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fourth edition (2018).

NSPCC Research with children: ethics, safety and avoiding harm: Research with children: ethics, safety and avoiding harm | NSPCC Learning. See, in particular, “What to do if you think a child has experienced abuse.”

Relational Schools Research Ethics Safeguarding Policy: A guide to the safeguards and ethics behind our work (undated).

Resnik, David B. and Duncan C. Randall. 2018. “Reporting suspected abuse or neglect in research involving children.” Research Ethics 44: 555-559. Reporting suspected abuse or neglect in research involving children (bmj.com). 

University College London Research Ethics Committee, Guidance Note 1: Research Involving Children (undated).

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Israel, M. (2014). Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists: Beyond Regulatory Compliance 2nd ed., London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Chapter 9, pp. 174-179. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Lee-Treweek, G. and Linkogle, S., eds. (2001). Danger in the Field: Ethics and Risk in Social Research. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. [Online access via DiscoverEd]

Bishop, L. (2009). ‘Ethical Sharing and Reuse of Qualitative Data.’ Australian Journal of Social Issues 44(3), pp. 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1839-4655.2009.tb00145.x

The University of Sheffield Research Ethics Policy, Note no. 13: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/16520/download?attachment 

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ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, Visual Ethics: Ethical Issues in Visual Research (2008)

Pink, S. (2013). Doing Visual Ethnography. Los Angeles: SAGE.

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