BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN THE CONFLICT ZONE: AN OVERVIEW

Author: Md Rafiqul Islam

DOI Link: https:///www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2016v37n3a5

ABSTRACT

This paper is an attempt to analyse the methodological and ethical challenges required for conducting research in multi-ethnic societies situated in conflict zone. Based on secondary sources of information, this article has proposed the essential ethical and methodological principles for conducting research in a conflict zone and how the confidentiality and anonymity of the research, as well as the rights and dignity of the respondents are ensured as per the ethics guidelines. This paper particularly aims to advance the knowledge and guidelines on methodology and ethical issues for novice researchers and graduate students who work and intend to work in a conflict area, or in a post-conflict society where multi-ethnic communities are living under a latent or manifest form of conflicts and human rights violation.