Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, included local and international travel restrictions alongside limits on face-to-face gatherings. These measures impinged on participatory research examining local impacts of environmental change. In response, many researchers adopted techniqu...

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Main Author: Ilan Kelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/11/8/316
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description Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, included local and international travel restrictions alongside limits on face-to-face gatherings. These measures impinged on participatory research examining local impacts of environmental change. In response, many researchers adopted techniques that could be implemented without travel. This article explores some of the consequent research ethics issues.
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spelling doaj.art-12f2d75c9cd1417781a0c9a98f2115a62023-11-22T07:47:40ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632021-07-0111831610.3390/geosciences11080316Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without TravelIlan Kelman0Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKResponses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, included local and international travel restrictions alongside limits on face-to-face gatherings. These measures impinged on participatory research examining local impacts of environmental change. In response, many researchers adopted techniques that could be implemented without travel. This article explores some of the consequent research ethics issues.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/11/8/316ethicsfieldworkmethodsmethodologyparticipatory action researchparticipatory research
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Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
Geosciences
ethics
fieldwork
methods
methodology
participatory action research
participatory research
title Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
title_full Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
title_fullStr Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
title_full_unstemmed Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
title_short Ethically Researching Local Impacts of Environmental Change without Travel
title_sort ethically researching local impacts of environmental change without travel
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methods
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participatory action research
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