Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach
towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic

J 2024

Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic

GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie; Anna URBANIAK a Anna WANKA

Základní údaje

Originální název

Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autoři

GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie ; Anna URBANIAK a Anna WANKA

Vydání

Ageing & Society, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 0144-686X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50401 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.200

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139793

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

COVID-19 pandemic; ageing research; older adults; pandemic ageism; research ethics; ethically important moments

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 18. 2. 2025 08:19, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on societies and individual lives across the globe. In this paper, we address the impact of the pandemic and the protective measures on empirical social scientific ageing research through the lens of ‘ethically important moments’. One of the most crucial measures for preventing the spread of the virus includes social distancing; therefore, empirical research methods based on person-to-person direct contact (as in interviews) and first-hand observation have been scaled back since 2020. For ageing research, the challenges are particularly pronounced due to the ongoing discussion regarding vulnerabilities associated with higher age and age-based discrimination. Hence, many researchers focusing on ageing are facing some difficult questions: How and under what conditions can we carry on with empirical research without putting our research participants and ourselves at risk? Firstly, we systematically identify the key dimensions and challenges that have shaped social scientific research during the lockdowns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: fragmentation, fluidity, ambiguity and uncertainty. Then, using insights from two international research projects, we illustrate and critically reflect on the ethically important moments and practical dilemmas that have resulted from these pandemic challenges when researching with and about older adults.

Návaznosti

TJ03000002, projekt VaV

Název: Genderové cesty exkluze v sociálních vztazích ve stáří pohledem životní dráhy a jejich dopad na zdraví a pohodu. (Akronym: GENPATH)

Investor: Technologická agentura ČR, A life course perspective on the GENdered PATHways of Social exclusion in later life, and its consequences for health and wellbeing, GENDER-NET Plus

Přiložené soubory

Galcanova_Batista_Urbaniak_Wanka_2022_Doing-ageing-research-in-pandemic-times-a-reflexive-approach-towards-research-ethics-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.pdf

Citovat

GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie; Anna URBANIAK a Anna WANKA. Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ageing & Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, roč. 44, č. 6, s. 1235-1246. ISSN 0144-686X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000733.

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GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie; Anna URBANIAK a Anna WANKA. Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic. \textit{Ageing \&{} Society}. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, roč.~44, č.~6, s.~1235-1246. ISSN~0144-686X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000733.

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