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Appears in Collections: | Biological and Environmental Sciences Journal Articles |
Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
Title: | Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people |
Author(s): | Brittain, Stephanie Ibbett, Harriet de Lange, Emiel Dorward, Leejiah Hoyte, Simon Marino, Agnese Milner-Gulland, E J Newth, Julia Rakotonarivo, Sarobidy Verissimo, Diogo Lewis, Jerome |
Contact Email: | sarobidy.rakotonarivo@stir.ac.uk |
Keywords: | institutional review boards power dynamics values legacy social science reflexivity fieldwork |
Issue Date: | 18-Jan-2020 |
Citation: | Brittain S, Ibbett H, de Lange E, Dorward L, Hoyte S, Marino A, Milner-Gulland EJ, Newth J, Rakotonarivo S, Verissimo D & Lewis J (2020) Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people. Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13464 |
Abstract: | Social science is becoming increasingly important in conservation, with more studies involving methodologies that collect data from and about people. Conservation science is a normative and applied discipline designed to support and inform management and practice. Poor research practice risks harming participants, researchers, and can leave negative legacies. Often, those at the forefront of field‐based research are early‐career researchers, many of whom enter their first research experience ill‐prepared for the ethical conundrums they may face. Here, we draw on our own experiences as early‐career researchers to illuminate how ethical challenges arise during conservation research that involves human participants. Specifically, we discuss ethical review procedures, conflicts of values, and power relations, and provide broad recommendations on how to navigate ethical challenges when they arise during research. We encourage greater engagement with ethical review processes and highlight the pressing need to develop ethical guidelines for conservation research that involves human participants. |
DOI Link: | 10.1111/cobi.13464 |
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