Abstract
This article outlines the case for peace and conflict researchers to formulate a research covenant to better shape their ethical obligations and responsibilities. This is an urgent necessity given that ethical debates have in some proponents become emotive and are not conducted in an ethical manner. In coming to this assessment, the article reviews trends in the research ethics literature and draws out some of the generic issues addressed in a review of the personal reflexivity that an assortment of individual peace and conflict researchers have engaged in when recounting their fieldwork experiences. These generic issues are reformulated in an attempt to codify appropriate ethical practice in peace and conflict research, and they go towards determining the contents of the research covenant. It is suggested that the research covenant is a more ethical way to debate the ethics of peace and conflict research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Methodological Innovations |
| Volume | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Apr 2016 |
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John Brewer
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work - Emeritus Professor
- The Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
Person: Emeritus, Academic