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PNG0076
Research Ethics for Qualitative Methods
This course offers an introduction to research ethics for research using qualitative methods such as interviews, participant observations, action research and archival work. In addition to the usual issues of research integrity, such methods pose additional problems, many of them which have are related to interaction with research persons and communities. Such interaction, from planning of research to dissemination of results, can have unforeseen consequences. In addition, to conduct participant observation or action research is often in itself an ethical commitment, expressed as a desire to induce change, which brings a necessity to reflect on ethical premises. This course covers among other things:
- The researcher’s professional ethics and its theoretical underpinnings
- Research misconduct in qualitative research
- Legal aspects of research involving humans
- Informed consent in qualitative research
- Dual-use knowledge - research that can be used and abused for purposes violence
- The researcher’s professional ethics and its theoretical underpinnings
- Research misconduct in qualitative research
- Legal aspects of research involving humans
- Informed consent in qualitative research
- Dual-use knowledge - research that can be used and abused for purposes violence
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
PNG0076 Research Ethics for Qualitative Methods, 3.0 Credits
Subjects
Other Social ScienceEducation cycle
Postgraduate levelGrading scale
Pass / Failed
Prior knowledge
Accepted as a PhD student in a social science/transdisciplinary subject.Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to: - Describe and discuss the contents of some codes of conduct that are relevant for qualitative research and discuss their ethical underpinning - Describe some differences between quantitative and qualitative methods from an ethical point of view - Identify research ethics issues in one’s own and others’ qualitative research, from planning to dissemination of results - Identify cases of scientific misconduct in qualitative research and suggest strategies for dealing with suspected cases - Describe and discuss a concrete ethical problem of relevance for one’s qualitative research and present a well-argued ethical assessment of the problem.Content
This course offers an introduction to research ethics for research using qualitative methods such as interviews, participant observations, action research and archival work. In addition to the usual issues of research integrity, such methods pose additional problems, many of them which have are related to interaction with research persons and communities. Such interaction, from planning of research to dissemination of results, can have unforeseen consequences. In addition, to conduct participant observation or action research is often in itself an ethical commitment, expressed as a desire to induce change, which brings a necessity to reflect on ethical premises. This course covers among other things: - The researcher’s professional ethics and its theoretical underpinnings - Research misconduct in qualitative research - Legal aspects of research involving humans - Informed consent in qualitative research - Dual-use knowledge - research that can be used and abused for purposes violenceAdditional information
The course is organised by the research school Society and Landscape at the Department of Urban and Rural Development.Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development