Our research design starts from grounding in trauma-informed research, and researcher sensitivity to the emotional and social burden of flood-related losses. An ethical stance in the context of disasters must also include the choice for impacted people to tell their stories more publicly.
So, we’re committed to consent practices that include the choice for participants to be named.
When we get to the point of disseminating the results of our research, we’ll invite community input on final written or reported products. Community-accessible and legible knowledge tools and dissemination of research findings are central to this community-forward ethics while also attending to ethical treatment of data.
When we invite folks to participate in the research, we talk through what the project is, what their participation would involve, how we will use the information, and how they can get in touch with us at any point. That information sheet is available here: Info Sheet CPHS Mutual Aid for Flooding Resilience
