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This open-access book is an essential read for anyone interested in undertaking research in fragile settings, such as post-disaster regions, conflict or post-conflict zones, and high-crime informal settlements. More than a quarter of humanity live in conflict-affected regions and many more are affected by natural disasters, including the impacts of climate change. Research has a crucial role to play as the insights generated through research can improve future support efforts and help to make local systems more resilient. However, as this book highlights, researchers and research participants in fragile settings face significant, and sometimes unique, ethics challenges. Readers will not only learn about these challenges but also how to address them responsibly through application of a bespoke ethics code, the TRUST Code Supplement. Thus, the book will be of interest to researchers, research ethics committee members, funders and publishers who are committed to supporting ethically sound research in challenging environments.
“What makes this book particularly valuable is not only the guidance it offers but also that it shows the rigorous process through which that guidance was developed.”
Dr Mihalis Kritikos, Secretary of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies and a Senior Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Integrity Sector of the European Commission.
Doris Schroeder is Director of the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University of Lancashire UK and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the School of Law, UCLan Cyprus. She is the Lead Author of the TRUST Code and the TRUST Code Supplement.
Kate Chatfield is Reader at the Centre for Professional Ethics at the University of Lancashire UK and former editor of SAGE Research Ethics (2020–2024). She is an empirical ethicist and specialises in research ethics and global justice.
Saleh Aljadeeah is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. A pharmacist and global health researcher, his main research focus is access to medicines, including in fragile settings.
Hazel Partington is Senior Research Fellow in Ethics and Health at the Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Lancashire UK. She is a social scientist who moved into the field of research ethics from educational research.
Michelle Singh is a biomedical scientist at the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Association, South Africa. She holds a doctorate in obstetrics and gynaecology, a master’s in biomedical science and a master’s in global bioethics.
Orla Drummond is a human rights lawyer and Senior Research Analyst with Trilateral Research in Ireland. Her main research focus is on human rights, equality and access to justice.
Young Su Park, an anthropologist and medical doctor, is Assistant Professor in Medical Humanities, Seoul National University. His research focuses on global health, access to healthcare for undocumented migrants and social exclusion in health.
Lisa Tambornino is Senior Project Manager and Team Leader at the European Network of Research Ethics Committees Office in Germany. Her background is in philosophy, psychology and law, and she works primarily in research ethics and integrity.
| Publication Date: | 02 November 2026 |
| Publisher: | University of Central Lancashire |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| ISBN-13: | 9783032361400 |
| Format: | Hardback |