Minimising risks to the researcher in post-war zones
- Nanayakkara Saminda Gunasinghe,
- Richard Simmons
Abstract
Doing fieldwork is probably the most rewarding task for researchers
despite the risks that are involved. However, it can remain a daunting
task for researchers to carry out fieldwork, even though they have some
risk awareness. It is now accepted that the risks posed to researchers
are multi-dimensional as such warrants proactive risk management and
forms part of the research process itself. As researchers continue to
carry out fieldwork in dangerous environments, and the dangers they face
become an inherent part of fieldwork which result in a need to review
these arrangements in the light of researcher experience. The article
will explore risked informed decision-making and
individual-institutional boundary responsibilities of assessing and
managing risks at the pre-fieldwork stage and during fieldwork.