Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139793" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139793 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/doing-ageing-research-in-pandemic-times-a-reflexive-approach-towards-research-ethics-during-the-covid19-pandemic/7BAABB7284BFB2B7AF1DE71C67C34A0D" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/doing-ageing-research-in-pandemic-times-a-reflexive-approach-towards-research-ethics-during-the-covid19-pandemic/7BAABB7284BFB2B7AF1DE71C67C34A0D</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000733" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0144686X22000733</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Doing ageing research in pandemic times : a reflexive approach towards research ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Original language description
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.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TJ03000002" target="_blank" >TJ03000002: A life course perspective on the GENdered PATHways of exclusion from social relations in later life, and its consequences for health and wellbeing.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ageing & Society
ISSN
0144-686X
e-ISSN
1469-1779
Volume of the periodical
44
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1235-1246
UT code for WoS article
000849127200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85193549957