Detailed Information on Publication Record
2024
Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic
GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie, Anna URBANIAK and Anna WANKABasic information
Original name
Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors
GALČANOVÁ BATISTA, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Anna URBANIAK (616 Poland) and Anna WANKA (40 Austria)
Edition
Ageing & Society, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 0144-686X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50401 Sociology
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.500 in 2022
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS
000849127200001
Keywords in English
COVID-19 pandemic; ageing research; older adults; pandemic ageism; research ethics; ethically important moments
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 19/7/2024 10:06, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
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.
Links
| TJ03000002, research and development project |
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