Ethics and positionality in migration and ethnic studies

In this session we first discuss the question of the student/researchers’ responsibility towards the subjects they study and broader society. Students will be invited to reflect on those issues and will be provided tools to design research projects that protect subjects and themselves. We will thus present techniques to ensure confidentiality and/or anonymity of the research’s participants in qualitative studies and strategies to protect, store and code data. Secondly, we will discuss the concept of positionality to help students understand how one’s multi-dimensional identity impacts their scientific production. This session will be illustrated by different examples of past research projects conducted by the instructors in Europe and Latin America.