The Good, the Bad and the Project: Interdisciplinary Ethics in Development Research and Practice

Programme

Time Session

9.00

Registration and coffee
9.30 Welcome and practical announcements (Maru Mormina)

9.35

Opening address by Prof Kevin Marsh, African Oxford Initiaite (AfOx)

9.40

Ethics: a funder’s perspective. Speakers: Sarah Plowman (UKRI), Rachel Knowles (MRC), TBC (DFID)
Chair: Gill Wells, Research Services,  University of Oxford

10.00 Q&A

10.15

Session 1 - Impact and challenge-led research: ethics in context. Chair: Prof Lucy Cluver, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford

  • Defining impact and establishing local needs: Whose knowledge counts? The ethics of defining impact in the context of ‘local’ needs and realities, Dr. Lata Narayanaswamy, Lecturer in International Development, Univeristy of Leeds
  • Round table:

    Dr Martin Williams, Associate Professor, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford: Partnering with government in research

    Prisca Benelli, Humanitarian Research & Learning Manager and Ethics Lead, Save the Children:  Balancing needs, local contexts and safeguards when working with vulnerable populations

    Prof Chukwumerije Okereke, Professor of Climate Justice, University of Reading:  Climate research and development: what does climate justice mean and for whom?

11.00 Q&A

11.15

Break

11.45

Session 2 - Capacity building and partnership in ODA research. Chair: Jonathan Harle, INASP.

  • Partnerships:

    Dr Jude Fransman, Leverhulme Research Fellow, Open University: North/South partnerships – can they really be fair?

    Dr Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA): International partnerships - the Global South experience

  • Capacity building:

    Dr Maru Mormina, Senior Researcher and Ethics Advisor, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford: Capacity building: another empty concept?

    Francesco Obino, Head of Programmes, Global Development Network: Developing capacity and doing it well.

12.45 Q&A

13.00

Lunch

13.45

Session 3: Ethics in times of emergency. Chair: Dr Angeliki Kerasidou, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford

  • Ethical challenges during humanitarian emergencies, Prof Michael Parker, Director, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford.
  • Round table:

    Rachel Hastie, Protection Team Leader, OXFAM: Ethics and risk in humanitarian responses

    Dr Kelsey Shanks, Ulster University and GCRF Challenge Lead: Conducting education research in post-conflict areas

    Dr Stephen Kennedy, Ministry of Health, Liberia:  Global Health emergencies

14.15

Q&A

14.30

Tea break

15.00

Break-out sessions

15.45

Q&A and feedback from the sessions

16.15

Closing remarks
16.30 Departure