Radical Research Ethics

Ethical research is better quality research. This course is designed to raise your awareness of why and how you need to think and act ethically in practice throughout your research work. The current system of ethical review by committee can lead to the misleading sense of having ‘done ethics’. This course shows you how to conduct research which is truly ethical. It also provides the opportunity for discussion of your own ethical dilemmas, if you wish.

The course covers: 

• Research ethics in context – ethical breaches past and present, ethics activism, trauma-informed research, debiasing

• Potential ethical pitfalls at each stage of the research process, from question setting to aftercare

• How to think and act ethically throughout research

By the end of the course participants will:

• Recognise the importance of context for ethical decision-making
• Understand why they need to think and act ethically throughout research work
• Be clearer about potential ethical pitfalls at different stages of the research process
• Know how to approach ethical thought and action at any point in their research 

This course is aimed at Doctoral students, early career researchers (any discipline), practice-based/applied researchers and possibly government researchers and independent researchers.

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT OVER TWO MORNINGS AND EQUATES TO ONE TEACHING DAY FOR PAYMENT PURPOSES.

Course Description

Programme:

Day One

09:30    Welcome and introductions

09:40    Research ethics in context: presentation

10:00    Discussion, Q&A

10.15    When do we need research ethics?

10:20    Video and discussion

10:40    Trauma-informed research: presentation

10:50    Debiasing techniques: presentation

11.00    Discussion, Q&A

11.10    Break time

11.25    Ethical research design: discussion

11.35    Ethical context-setting: discussion         

11:45    Ethical data gathering: discussion

11:55    Ethical data analysis: discussion

12:05    Video and discussion

12:20    Q&A

12:30    Close

Day Two

09:30    Welcome, questions arising from Day 1

09:40    Ethical research reporting: discussion

09:50    Ethical research presenting: discussion

10.00    Ethical research dissemination: discussion

10.10    Ethical aftercare: discussion

10.20    Researcher wellbeing

10.30    Unethical research today – presentation

10.45    Video and discussion

11.10    Break time

11.25    Real-life ethical dilemmas from research #1

11:40    Real-life ethical dilemmas from research #2

11:55    Real-life ethical dilemmas from research #3

12.10    Discussion, Q&A, evaluation

12.30    Close