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  • Humanities
  • Psychology

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  • Growing attention on research culture, particularly in the UK, highlights the need to address the impacts of emotionally challenging research.
  • Previous work has identified potential negative impacts on researchers, but senior leadership engagement is a recent development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impacts of studying emotionally challenging topics on researchers.
  • To identify current coping mechanisms and desired support systems for researchers.
  • To develop an ethical framework and strategic institutional response for supporting researchers in emotionally demanding studies.

Main Methods:

  • In-depth study involving researchers across various disciplines in humanities and social sciences.
  • Analysis focused on identifying helpful preventative and coping strategies.
  • Formulation of a phased institutional response based on study findings.

Main Results:

  • Identified current researcher needs for support in preventing and coping with distress.
  • Findings inform ethical design of research to minimize secondary and vicarious trauma.
  • Developed a three-stage (Bronze, Silver, Gold) institutional strategy for researcher wellbeing.

Conclusions:

  • Institutions must proactively address researcher wellbeing in emotionally challenging research.
  • A phased approach (awareness, training, holistic support) can effectively mitigate distress.
  • Implementing strategic institutional responses is crucial for ethical research practices and researcher welfare.