This review essay provides an overview of the literature on ethical challenges and dilemmas
facing researchers in conflict and post-conflict environments. This scholarship argues that …

What is interviewing and when is this method useful? What does it mean to select rather
than sample interviewees? Once the researcher has found people to interview, how does …

The diversity of political spaces, availability of cheap labor, ease of access to powerful
figures, and safety net of a foreign passport attract researchers to the developing world …

Social scientists are angry and frustrated. Still. They believe their work is being constrained
and distorted by regulators of ethical practice who neither understand social science …

Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the
recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible …

Voice, or the act of speaking out, is often identified in the gender and development literature,
and much of the feminist literature, as one of the key conditions demonstrating women's …

In recent years, oral history has been celebrated by its practitioners for its humanizing
potential, and its ability to democratize history by bringing the narratives of people and …

Qualitative sociologists confront thorny ethical issues, many of which are beyond the scope
of institutional review board procedures and protocols. This essay presents the broad …

Scholars have long argued that dehumanization causes violence. However, others have
recently argued that those who harm do so because they feel pressured or view violence as …

As the prevalence of conflict and fragility continue to rise around the world, research is
increasingly heralded as a solution. However, current ethical guidelines for working in areas …