Participation and Representation: Implications for Ethical Research Practice

Date:                     19 July, 2005

Duration:               1.30 - 4.45

Venue:                   Alcuin Research Resource Centre, University of York

Summary

This event will disseminate the main findings from two ESRC Research Methods Programme projects.

The first session will feed back findings from a project conducted by Rose Wiles, Sue Heath, Graham Crow and Vikki Charles from the Division of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Southampton.   This project explored how researchers manage the issue of informed consent in qualitative social research, primarily research conducted within sociology and social policy, with a specific focus on consent issues with groups that are perceived as ‘vulnerable’.   

The second session will present findings from a study of the theory, practice and impact of use of verbatim quotations in reporting applied social research.   This study was conducted by Anne Corden and Roy Sainsbury at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York.  

The half day event will focus on the primary findings from the two projects and their implications for research practice.   There will be an opportunity to discuss the issues raised.  The session will be chaired by Peter Kemp, Professor of Social Policy, University of York.

 Provisional Programme

1.30:       Arrival, tea and coffee

2.00:       Session 1: Informed consent and the research process

•  Main findings from the study

•  Informed consent and data quality

•  Ethical issues in researching researchers

•  Questions

 

3.00:       Tea

3.15:        Session 2: Verbatim Quotations In Applied Social Research: Theory, Practice And Impact

•  Theory and practice

•  Exploration of views of   ‘speakers’ and ‘readers’

•  Implications for researchers

•  Questions

4.15:        Discussion of issues raised