This blog is a space to reflect on my developing understanding of research ethics in the Social Sciences and to engage with others similarly thinking about ‘doing ethical research’. (I don’t feel 100% satisfied with that particular phrase but it is the result of looking for a short title for the scope of what I am interested in).

I speak in particular from an educational research perspective, thinking about how an ethical appraisal framework (Stutchbury and Fox, 2009) supports thinking about appraisal of research in different contexts:

• schools as well as Higher Education institutions
• in UK as well as non-UK contexts
• in virtual as well as face-to-face settings
• synergies between thinking about ethical issues and approaches across Social Science disciplines

This blog is linked to resources associated with a website hosted by the University of Leicester College of Social Sciences at: https://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/socsci/research/ethics/ethics.

All of the resources produced for the ‘doing ethical research’ site are covered by creative commons licensing and are available for download and onward use according to the CC BY-NC-SA licence. Information about this licence is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 

I share an overview image of the framework here: Introduction to the EAF_as image as well as a script of the narrated version of what is a powerpoint presentation available on the website: Introductory video for the ethical appraisal framework_script_April 2015. The website hosts a range of podcasts, narrated powerpoints and downloadable resources.

I look forward to engaging with others interested in this domain of thinking. One of the main aims are to critique and therefore develop the framework for appraisal and the resources associated with it for the benefit of others carrying out research.

Alison Fox

email: af173@le.ac.uk

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