Navigating institutional ethics processes: Insights from higher degree by research students and supervisors doing research in fragile contexts.
Although gaining ethical approval is a conventional and established requirement for academic scholarship, institutional approaches remain subject to sustained critique. While not questioning the legitimacy of institutional ethical procedures, the dominance of legal frameworks and a focus on entry to...
| Publicado en: | Qualitative Research Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 963 - 984 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2025
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