RT Article
T1 The Conflict Sensitivity Principle: Can Best Practice in Conflict Research Fill the Ethics Gap in Terrorism and Counterterrorism Research Practice?
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 33
IS 2
SP 381
OP 396
A1 Harris, Alistair
A1 Almeida, Manuel Castro
A2 Almeida, Manuel Castro
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1752575490
AB This article explores how best practice in conflict research can address some of the key gaps and limitations of the terrorism research field with regards to research ethics. It draws from conflict research literature, as well as the authors’ primary research experience in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCAS) and in the policy-oriented field of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE). The analysis focuses on “conflict sensitivity” and the methodological approaches that have been developed and refined under the framework of that principle, including Systems Conflict Analysis. We seek to demonstrate how the integration of research methods related to conflict sensitivity represents an appropriate and fitting research agenda, through which relevant limitations of terrorism research can be addressed. This research agenda emphasizes, among other aspects, the need for solid primary research grounded in a detailed understanding of the local context, a departure from the narrow understanding of the Do No Harm principle in terrorism research, and a greater awareness about the relationship between research ethics and research methods.
K1 target audience analysis
K1 systems conflict analysis
K1 conflict sensitivity
K1 conflict studies
K1 preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE)
K1 terrorism research
K1 ethical conduct of research
K1 research ethics
DO 10.1080/09546553.2021.1880159