Berit Bliesemann de Guevara is Reader in Peacebuilding in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Morten Bøås is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

• Doing Fieldwork in Areas of International Intervention into Violent and Closed Contexts ~ Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten BøåsPart I: Control and ConfusionShifting Identities, Policy Networks, and the Practical and Ethical Challenges of Gaining Access to the Field in Interventions ~ Roland KostićInterpretivist Methods and Military Intervention Research: Using Interview Research to De- centre the ‘Intervener’ ~ Casey McNeillThe Interview as a Cultural Performance and the Value of Surrendering Control ~ Markus GöranssonUnequal Research Relationships in Highly Insecure Places: Of Fear, Funds and Friendship ~ Morten BøåsPart II: Security and RiskThe Politics of Safe Research in Violent and Illiberal Contexts ~ Alessandra Russo and Francesco Strazzari The Politics and Ethics of Fieldwork in Post-conflict Environments: The Dilemmas of a Vocational Approach ~ John Heathershaw and Parviz MullojonovChallenges of Research in an Active Conflict Environment ~ Boukary Sangaré and Jaimie BleckOn Assessing Risk Assessments and Situating Security Advice: The Unsettling Quest for ‘Security Expertise’ ~ Judith VerweijenBeing Watched and Being Handled ~ Jesse DriscollPart III: Distance and ClosenessPositioning in an Insecure Field: Reflections on Negotiating Identity ~ Maria- Louise ClausenA Different Form of Intervention? Revisiting the Role of Researchers in Post-war Contexts ~ Daniela LaiThe Road to Darfur: Ethical and Practical Challenges of Embedded Research in Areas of Open Conflict ~ Mateja PeterInterpretation by Proxy? Interpretive Fieldwork with Local Associates in Areas of Restricted Research Access ~ Katarina KušićPart IV: Sex and SensitivitySex Workers and Sugar Babies: Empathetic Engagement with Vulnerable Sources ~ Kathleen M. JenningsLifting the Burden? The Ethical Implications of Studying Exemplary, Not Pathological, Wartime Sexual Conduct ~ Angela Muvumba SellströmUnexpected Grey Areas, Innuendo and Webs of Complicity: Experiences of Researching Sexual Exploitation in UN Peacekeeping Missions ~ Henri Myrttinen Sexual Exploitation, Rape and Abuse as a Narrative and a Strategy ~ Ingunn BjørkhaugTen Things to Consider Before, During and After Fieldwork in a Violent or Closed Context ~ Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås