Emerging ethical challenges in researching vulnerable groups during the COVID-19

IF 3.2 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Qualitative Research Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI:10.1177/14687941231176945

Deniz Pelek, Vladimir Bortun, E. Østergaard-Nielsen

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Abstract

This paper discusses the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on research ethics in social sciences by focusing on the concept of vulnerability. We unpack the current conceptualisations of vulnerability and their limitations and argue for the need to reconceptualise vulnerability as multidimensional, consisting of both universal and contextual dimensions, as well as their dynamic interplay. Multidimensional vulnerability is inspired by and relevant to social science research during the pandemic but can also be useful in other contexts such as climate change or conflict. The paper puts forwards several considerations about how this revised concept of vulnerability may be useful when evaluating ethical dimensions of social science research.

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COVID-19期间研究弱势群体面临的新伦理挑战

本文从脆弱性的概念出发，探讨新冠肺炎疫情对社会科学研究伦理的持久影响。我们揭示了当前脆弱性的概念及其局限性，并认为有必要将脆弱性重新定义为多维的，包括普遍和情境维度，以及它们的动态相互作用。多维脆弱性受到大流行期间社会科学研究的启发并与之相关，但在气候变化或冲突等其他情况下也可能有用。本文提出了几个考虑因素，关于这个修订后的脆弱性概念如何在评估社会科学研究的伦理维度时有用。

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Qualitative Research Multiple-

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8.10

自引率

8.30%

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期刊介绍： Qualitative Research is a fully peer reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles on the methodological diversity and multi-disciplinary focus of qualitative research within the social sciences. Research based on qualitative methods, and methodological commentary on such research, have expanded exponentially in the past decades. This is the case across a number of disciplines including sociology, social anthropology, health and nursing, education, cultural studies, human geography, social and discursive psychology, and discourse studies.