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Bruce M. Smyth is Professor of Family Studies with the Centre for Social Research and Methods at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Michael A. Martin is Professor of Statistics in the School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; and Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the Australian National University. Mandy Downing is a Ngarluma Yindjibarndi woman and an Associate Professor with Curtin University in Western Australia, Australia; Co-Chair of the National Research Ethics Committee at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; and the Dean of Indigenous Futures at Curtin University.
""This handbook is a must-read for seasoned researchers and those at the dawn of their research careers. It is an essential addition to every researcher’s toolkit, especially in the ethical conduct of Indigenous research."" -- Professor Mick Dodson AM, FASSA, The Australian National University, Australia ""This edited volume is an important and timely examination of a subject which has never been more critical. It is an indispensable resource for those concerned with ensuring researcher and participant safety and embedding ethical conduct into all aspects of academic practice."" -- Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Author of The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison ""Researchers and their institutions have underinvested in exploring those questions of ethics and integrity specific to social research in Australia. This collection is a welcome initiative to stimulate our ethical imagination and share better practices in the face of institutional risk aversion, chronic under-resourcing, funders’ demands for social impact, emergent methodologies, the possibilities of two-way learning with Indigenous communities, challenges to data security and privacy, swift technological change, and the pressures of social exclusion."" -- Professor Mark Israel, Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services ""It is important to have an on-going diverse set of discussions regarding ethical practices as risk tolerance, norms and expectations change over time within universities, disciplines, and cultures. Ethical oversight in practice, and implementation, can often reflect personal perceptions and values of what constitutes ‘good’ research by oversight committee members rather than the application of a genuine principles-based approach. This compendium attempts to grapple with this conundrum by covering a broad range of disciplines, methods and lived experiences. It demonstrates that in practice a rules-based approach to ethical oversight lacks the flexibility to include emerging and diverse cultural, methodological, and disciplinary contexts and this runs the inherent risk of closing off challenging and new research in an increasingly complex, fast paced, culturally challenging world."" -- Emeritus Professor Toni Makkai, The Australian National University, Australia
