Episode summary:

Ethical methods. How can we do migration research ethically between borders in the context of social injustice? Rachel Benchekroun asks Amandas Ong, Sabina Barone, Franca Roeschert and Hend Aly about their research.

Presenter:

• Dr Rachel Benchekroun, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Social Research Institute (Thomas Coram Research Unit)

Guests:

• Dr Sabina Barone, UCL Social Research Institute (Thomas Coram Research Unit)
• Amandas Ong, PhD candidate, UCL Anthropology and journalist 
• Franca Roeschert, PhD candidate, University of Greenwich
• Hend Aly, PhD student, UCL Social Research Institute (Thomas Coram Research Unit)

Further reading:

Barone, S. and Swain, J. (2025). ‘Using Informal Conversations in Qualitative Social Research With People in Situations of Marginalization and Vulnerability’, Sage Research Methods: Data and Research Literacy. Available at: https://methods-sagepub-com.libproxy.ucl.ac.uk/case/using-informal-conversations-social-research-people-avulnerability

Berg, M.L. and Nowicka, M. (2019). Studying Diversity, Migration and Urban Multiculture: Convivial Tools for Research and Practice. London: UCL Press.

Vacchelli, E., & Roeschert, F. (2024). Participation and contested forms of citizenship in the City of Sanctuary. Citizenship Studies, 28(4–5), 424–443. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2024.2407766 

Warnock, R, Taylor, F, and Horton, A. (2022). ‘Should we pay research participants? Feminist political economy for ethical practices in precarious times.’ Ethics In / Of Geographical Research, 54 (2): 195-202, doi: 10.1111/area.12790. 

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