Research Ethics for Human Geography: A Handbook for Students

Research Ethics for Human Geography is a lively and engaging introduction to key ethical issues in geographical research by leading figures in the discipline. It addresses the wide range of ethical issues involved in collecting, analysing and writing up research across the social sciences, and explores and explains the more specific ethical issues associated with different forms of geographical inquiry.

Each chapter comprises detailed summaries and definitions, real-life case studies, student check-lists and annotated recommendations for reading, making the book a valuable toolkit for students undertaking all forms of geographical research, from local and overseas fieldwork, through to dissertation research, methods-training, and further research. 

Helen F. Wilson is a social and cultural geographer and an Associate Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. Her research focuses on the politics of lived difference. She has published widely on the geographies of encounter, urban life and living, and how embodied difference is negotiated, contested, and supported in times of crisis and/or contestation. She is the co-editor of Encountering the City (Routledge, 2016).

Jonathan Darling is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. His research focuses on the ethics and politics of forced migration and considers how cities engage with questions of asylum and refuge. He has published widely on the politics of urban sanctuary, on refugee activism, and on the ethics of working with vulnerable groups. He is co-editor of Encountering the City (2014, Routledge), and Sanctuary Cities and Urban Struggles (Manchester University Press).