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dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Doris
dc.contributor.authorChatfield, Kate
dc.contributor.authorChennells, Roger
dc.contributor.authorPartington, Hazel
dc.contributor.authorKimani, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorThomson, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorOdhiambo, Joyce Adhiambo
dc.contributor.authorSnyders, Leana
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Collin
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T07:47:40Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T07:47:40Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifierONIX_20240523_9783031578960_29
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90440
dc.description.abstractOpen access. This open-access book discusses vulnerability and the protection-inclusion dilemma of including those who suffer from serious poverty, severe stigma, and structural violence in research. Co-written with representatives from indigenous peoples in South Africa and sex workers in Nairobi, the authors come down firmly on the side of inclusion. In the spirit of leaving no one behind in research, the team experimented with data collection methods that prioritize research participant needs over researcher needs. This involved foregoing the collection of personal data and community researchers being involved in all stages of the research. In the process, the term ‘vulnerability’ was illuminated across significant language barriers as it was defined by indigenous peoples and sex workers themselves. The book describes a potential alternative to exclusion from research that moves away from traditional research methods. By ensuring that the research is led by vulnerable groups for vulnerable groups, it offers an approach that fosters trust and collaboration with benefits for the community researchers, the wider community as well as research academics. Those living in low-income settings, in dire situations that are summarized with the term ‘vulnerability’ know best what their problems are and which priorities they have. To exclude them from research for their own protection is a patronizing approach which insinuates that researchers and research ethics committees know best. The team from this book have shown that minimally risky and minimally burdensome research tailored towards the needs of highly marginalized and stigmatized communities can be scientifically valuable as well as inclusive and equitable. I congratulate them. Prof. Klaus Leisinger, President Global Values Alliance, Former personal advisor to Kofi Annan on corporate responsibility
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conduct
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainability
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MQ Nursing and ancillary services
dc.subject.otherVulnerable populations
dc.subject.otherGlobal research ethics
dc.subject.otherLow and middle-income countries
dc.subject.otherNon-clinical health research
dc.subject.otherResearch governance
dc.titleVulnerability Revisited
dc.title.alternativeLeaving No One Behind in Research
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-57896-0
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.relation.isFundedBy92cd3990-ff5b-4246-bf60-ec1dd130a122
oapen.relation.isbn9783031578960
oapen.relation.isbn9783031578953
oapen.imprintSpringer Nature Switzerland
oapen.pages145
oapen.place.publicationCham
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