Tag: informed consent
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Doing research as if participants mattered
Almost all qualitative and quantitative research into human society involves the participation of other humans. However, they are frequently rendered passively in research outputs as ‘research subjects’. In this post, Helen Kara, argues that the way we define participants in research is outdated and presents three ways in which research participants can be made more central…
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Informed consent from vulnerable populations
I came across this article on Ebola, the high fatality rate disease that has outbreak in West Africa in recent months. The use of an experimental serum ZMapp has raised certain critiques for ethical reasons. I found very clear and appealing the way the writer explains the problems when it comes to ethical testing and…
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Social Media in Social Research 2014 – 4th annual conference
The SRA is pleased to announce the 4th annual conference on Social Media in Social Research. This one-day event at the British Library in central London will feature these presentations: Uninformed consent and social media research. Dan Nunan, Henley Business School. In social media research, is informed consent possible without limiting access to the most valuable…