Researching Ethically across Cultures

Anna Robinson-Pant is Professor of Education at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. She previously worked in Nepal as a development worker, teacher educator and researcher, receiving the UNESCO International Award for Literacy Research for her ethnographic study on women’s literacy and development in Nepal. In UK higher education, she has conducted research with international students, and is particularly interested in internationalisation policy and practice. Nidhi Singal is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her work focuses on the educational exclusion and inclusion of children with disabilities in low and middle income countries. She has been involved in various research projects in South Asia and Africa. She is particularly interested in ethical issues arising from researching with marginalised groups, particularly those with disabilities and in the ethics of research dissemination.

Introduction – Researching ethically across cultures: issues of knowledge, power and voice 1. Towards a postcolonial research ethics in comparative and international education 2. Research ethics in comparative and international education: reflections from anthropology and health 3. Informed consent in educational research in the South: tensions and accommodations 4. Challenges to anonymity and representation in educational qualitative research in a small community: a reflection on my research journey 5. Ethics in intercultural research: reflections on the challenges of conducting field research in a Syrian context 6. Working together for critical research ethics 7. The politics of ethics in diverse cultural settings: colonising the centre stage Reflective Endpiece 8. The importance of listening for sharing life experiences 9. Looking back, looking within: reflections on a feminist research study: analysing the methodology of a tracer study based in rural Uttar Pradesh, India