This workshop offers a rare opportunity to explore key issues in how we conduct research.
Dr Rishita Nandagiri will explore considerations for research on ‘sensitive’ topics (such as abortion), and why our social position ('who we are') matters in research.
- What’s ‘sensitive’ about it, anyway? Thinking carefully about conducting qualitative research with ‘sensitive’ topics or populations
In the first part of the workshop we will discuss what we mean by ‘sensitive’ research or ‘vulnerable’ participants. We will reflect on its implications for conducting ethical research, as well as considering what this means for how we design our study, and the methods and modalities we rely on.
- Positionality, Power, and Reflexivity in Research
In the second part of the workshop we will engage with questions of power and positionality. Engaging with reflexivity, we consider its role in producing high-quality, ethical, rigorous, and transparent qualitative research.
The session will be highly interactive, inviting participants to share views and experiences, and engage in short exercises/activities facilitated by the workshop leader.
We will start by establishing agreements for interactions in the session, to try to create a safer space for participation and learning.
Dr Rishita Nandagiri
Rishita (she/her) is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London. A feminist, multimethod researcher, her work focuses on gender and reproductive injustice(s) in the Global South(s). Learn more about her work: rnandagiri.com.
Connect:
e-mail: Rishita.nandagiri@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter/X: @rishie_
BlueSky: rishie.bsky.social
Who is welcome?
Researchers and students at any level of seniority.
This seminar is an Inclusive Methodology workshop hosted by Dr Julia Bailey at the UCL Centre for Excellence in Qualitative Health Research and Teaching
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