Research Ethics for Human Geography

Helen F. Wilson is a social and cultural geographer and an Associate Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. Her research focuses on the politics of lived difference. She has published widely on the geographies of encounter, urban life and living, and how embodied difference is negotiated, contested, and supported in times of crisis and/or contestation. She is the co-editor of Encountering the City (Routledge, 2016). Jonathan Darling is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. His research focuses on the ethics and politics of forced migration and considers how cities engage with questions of asylum and refuge. He has published widely on the politics of urban sanctuary, on refugee activism, and on the ethics of working with vulnerable groups. He is co-editor of Encountering the City (2014, Routledge), and Sanctuary Cities and Urban Struggles (Manchester University Press).

This is an important and timely book that will prove an essential resource for teaching about research ethics.  It provides students with invaluable advice, information and reading as well as helpful examples of ethical practice in geographical research.

• Chapter 1: Introducing Ethics - Helen F. Wilson and Jonathan DarlingChapter 2: Geography and Ethics - Jonathan Darling and Helen F. WilsonPart 1: Core Ethical IssuesChapter 3: Positionality - Romola SanyalChapter 4: Consent - Chris Philo and Eric LaurierChapter 5: Anonymity - Helen F. WilsonChapter 6: Sensitive topics - Peter HopkinsChapter 7: Power and Empowerment - Thomas SwertsChapter 8: Emotions - Elspeth Probyn Chapter 9: Expectations - Jonathan Darling Chapter 10: Statistics and Data - Niall Cunningham Chapter 11: Data Management - Helen F. Wilson Chapter 12: Avoiding the Weaponization of Research - Sara Koopman Part 2: ApproachesChapter 13: Radical Geographies - Raksha Pande Chapter 14: Activist Geographies - Anthony Ince and Richard White Chapter 15: Participatory Research - Michele Lobo, David Kelly and Helen F. WilsonChapter 16: Indigenous Methods - Renee Pualani Louis and Zoltán GrossmanPart 3: SubjectsChapter 17: Vulnerable Subjects - Jonathan DarlingChapter 18: Animals - Kathryn Gillespie Chapter 19: Children and Young People - John Horton, Michelle Pyer, and Faith TuckerChapter 20: Historical Geographies and Archived Subjects - Derek Alderman and Joshua InwoodChapter 21: Powerful and Elite Subjects - Merje KuusChapter 22: The Environment - Jenny PickerillChapter 23: Public Spaces - Veronica CrossaPart 4: SpacesChapter 24: Private and Domestic Spaces - Geraldine PrattChapter 25: Spaces of Development - Jonathan RiggChapter 26: Voluntary Spaces - Monica Fariás and Helen F. WilsonChapter 27: Virtual Spaces and Social Media - Sam KinsleyChapter 28: Spaces of Disaster - Katie Oven, Hanna Ruszczyk, and Jonathan RiggPart 5: CommittmentChapter 29: Writing Research - Pat Noxolo