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Real-time Responsiveness for Ethics Oversight During Disaster Research
Ethical disaster research requires ongoing engagement from researchers and research ethics committees (RECs). Real-time responsiveness (RTR) can mitigate harm to disaster-affected populations and enhance moral capacities.
Area of Science:
- Disaster research ethics
- Humanitarian crisis research
Background:
- Disaster research, especially in resource-poor settings, presents unique ethical challenges.
- Existing research ethics review and oversight mechanisms may be insufficient for disaster contexts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore ethical oversight in disaster research.
- To propose a framework for ethical disaster research using real-time responsiveness (RTR).
Main Methods:
- Analysis of ethical challenges in disaster research.
- Presentation of two case studies illustrating ethical dilemmas.
- Conceptualization and elaboration of Real-Time Responsiveness (RTR) as an ethical practice.
Main Results:
- Ethical disaster research necessitates ongoing, critical engagement beyond standard review.
- Real-time responsiveness (RTR) is proposed as a practical and ethical ideal.
- RTR aims to prevent research from exacerbating vulnerabilities in disaster-affected populations.
Conclusions:
- Real-time responsiveness (RTR) can enhance the ethical conduct of disaster research.
- RTR fosters moral agency among researchers and research ethics committees (RECs).
- Implementing RTR can improve justice for populations affected by disasters.
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