This course is designed to raise your ethical awareness and enable you to think and act more ethically as you carry out research. It includes a short introductory presentation to set research ethics in context, discussions of rights and responsibilities at each stage of the research process, plus videos and exercises to embed ethical thinking and decision-making into your research practice. There is a surgery for real-life ethical dilemmas so bring your own, past or present, for discussion; suitably anonymised if necessary. Be prepared to think, learn, challenge and be challenged - and have fun!
Course Schedule:
9.30 - Welcome, introductions, and expectations for the day
9.40 - Research ethics in context: presentation
10.10 - Discussion exercise
10.20 - Video and discussion
10.40 - Ethical research planning and design
10.55 - Ethical context-setting: discussion and slide
11.10 - Ethical data gathering: discussion and slide
11.25 - Refreshments
11.40 - Ethical data analysis: discussion and slide
11.55 - Ethical reporting: discussion and slide
12.10 - Ethical presentation: discussion and slide
12.25 - Ethical dissemination: discussion and slide
12.40 - Ethical aftercare: discussion and slide
1.00 - Lunch
1.45 - Videos and discussion
2.10 - Researcher wellbeing: discussion and slide
2.30 - Real-life ethical dilemmas from research: small group discussions
2.45 - Big group feedback
3.00 - Refreshments
3.15 - Real-life ethical dilemmas from research: small group discussions
3.30 - Big group feedback
3.45 - Delegates’ own ethical dilemmas: discussion
4.15 - Q&A session
4.25 - Evaluations
4.30 - Close
Speaker biography:
Dr Helen Kara has been an independent researcher since 1999 and writes and teaches on research methods. She is the author of Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide (Policy Press, 2015). In 2015 Helen was the first fully independent researcher to be conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at methods@manchester. Her latest book is Research Ethics in the Real World: Euro-Western and Indigenous Perspectives (Policy Press, 2018).
Catering Policy
We are proud to announce that our 2019/20 academic event calendar shall cater free events, such as this, with vegan being the default option. We aim to make veganism the new normal at academic events, reducing our environmental impact and making sustainable choices. If you have any specific health-related dietary requirements, please inform us in the corresponding question response section on this Eventbrite booking page.
If you have any questions, please contact us directly at methods@manchester.ac.uk
