Episode 3: International Research Ethics: Dancing on a moving carpet

In this episode, we invite a panel of international researchers to discuss their experiences with research ethics while performing field work in international settings. This panel discussion was inspired by ongoing conversations between CRSP members and their colleagues about the challenges of practicing research ethics in the field.

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Episode Contributors 

• Bree Akesson - Executive Producer and Panel Guest
• Shane M. Dixon - Executive Producer

Guests

• Bree Akesson is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also the the Canada Research Chair in Global Adversity and Well-being and the Associate Director of CRSP.
• Kearney Coupland is a PhD candidate in Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is also the chair of the  Community Research Ethics office.
• Festus Moasun holds a PhD in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University and is currently teaching at Laurier, University of Windsor, and King’s College.
• Steve Sider is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education here at Laurier.
• Stacey Wilson-Forsberg is an Associate Professor in the Human Rights and Human Diversity program. She is also the Director of the  Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa.

Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Akesson, B., Hoffman, D., El Joueidi, S.,  and Badawi, D. Sept 2018. "So the World Will Know Our Story": Ethical Reflections on Research with Families Displaced by War, Forum: Qualitative Social Research.
• Gilgun, J. August 2018. Qualitative Inquiry in Social Work: Global Perspectives, 1(1).
• Marilys, G. and Gillam, L. April 2004.  Ethics, Reflexivity, and "Ethically Important Moments" in Research, Qualitative Inquiry.
• Moasun, F. August 2018. When ethical requirements become a bane on qualitative inquiry in third world countries: Reflecting on studying ‘sensitive’ topics as a Ghanaian student in Canada. Qualitative Inquiry in Social Work, 1(1), pp 26-28. 
• Tikly, L. and Bond, T. June 2013. Towards a postcolonial research ethics in comparative and international education, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.
• Wilson-Forsberg, S. January 2019. (Op-Ed). Hope and Anguish in a Mexican Refugee Shelter: Researcher Records Stories of Central American Asylum Seekers, The Conversation (reprinted in the National Post).
• Wilson-Forsberg, S. and  Porraz Gómez, I. F. July 2019. (Op-Ed). As Mexico Appeases Trump, Migrants Bear the Brunt, The Conversation.
• Wilson-Forsberg, S. and  Porraz Gómez, I. F. March 2019. (Op-Ed). Mexico's Frontera Sur: Life Carries on in this Place of Permanent Mobility, The Conversation (reprinted in the National Post).

Support and Funding for This Episode

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
• Wilfrid Laurier University

This episode was produced by Avery Moore Kloss from Folktale Studio.