Research Ethics and Integrity in Fragile Settings

This open-access book is an essential read for anyone interested in undertaking research in fragile settings, such as post-disaster regions, conflict or post-conflict zones, and high-crime informal settlements. More than a quarter of humanity live in conflict-affected regions and many more are affected by natural disasters, including the impacts of climate change. Research has a crucial role to play as the insights generated through research can improve future support efforts and help to make local systems more resilient.However, as this book highlights, researchers and research participants in fragile settings face significant, and sometimes unique,ethics challenges. Readers will not only learn about these challenges but also how to address them responsibly through application of a bespoke ethics code, the TRUST Code Supplement. Thus, the book will be of interest to researchers, research ethics committee members, funders and publishers who are committed to supporting ethically sound research in challenging environments.   “The book is particularly valuable given the current global context. … More than a quarter of humanity now lives in conflict-affected areas, and major research funders … have explicitly called for ethics guidance of precisely this kind. The book responds to that call with rigour and urgency.”Bernd Stahl“The writing across all chapters that were included is clear, well-structured, and appropriately pitched for an academic audience without being inaccessible. The case study material … is particularly effective — specific, concrete, and grounded in lived experience.”Dónal O'Mathúna