Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences

Edited by Pranee Liamputtong, Professor in Behaviour Sciences, College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Vietnam

• ContentsPreface1 Doing sensitive research in the social sciences: setting the scene 1Pranee LiamputtongPART IDOING SENSITIVE RESEARCH: CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING2 The locus of sensitive research 25Gabriele Griffin3 The emotional labour of conducting sensitive research: the researchers’perspective 38Esmée Hanna, and Richard Hall4 The art of ‘sensitive’ supervision: supporting, sharing and strengthening 55Sharon Mallon, Erica Borgstrom and Sam Murphy5 “Majority doesn’t exist”: a critical perspective on research with LGBTQ+people 64Clifford Lewis and Nina Reynolds6 Exploring death, dying and bereavement: characteristics and challenges ofa sensitive field of research 77Ekkehard Coenen and Matthias Meitzler7 Social street work: intervention method as a research method in sensitiveresearch? 93Tiago A. Lobo-Dos-Santos8 Your voice matters! – (unintended) exclusion practices in sensitive researchand older people 115Katja A. Rießenberger, Barbara Barbosa Neves and Florian FischerPART IIRESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR CONDUCTINGSENSITIVE RESEARCH9 Drawing as an arts-based method for researching sensitive topics 132Jari Martikainen10 Navigating sensitivity in urban research: methodological reflections fromusing photovoice with street traders 147Elmond Bandauko and Godwin Arku11 Researcher-made drawings and researching sensitive topics 159Baldwin Van Gorp12 Music elicitation and the art of listening 174Jade Levell13 The use of instant messaging in sensitive research 184Jordan Dawson and Yibo Fan14 Using visual research methods for research with chronically ill children 198Ana Patrícia Hilário, Fábio Rafael Augusto and Joana Mendonça15 Ethical guidelines for doing research with children in sensitive subjectareas 210Ingrid Stapf and Jessica Heesen16 Ethical issues in participatory research with grieving children 221Miriam Sitter17 Ethical guidelines for interview research with parents of underage childrenin the context of migration 236Eveliina Heino and Maija JäppinenPART IIICONDUCTING SENSITIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES:REFLECTIONS FROM THE FIELD18 Sensitively researching vulnerable populations – Reflections from thefield... 254Declan Fahie19 Researcher vulnerability: doing qualitative research in sensitive fields asmental health professionals 265Annette Binder20 ‘Nothing about us without us’: researching sexual and reproductive healthwith priority populations 281Judith A. Dean, Olivia Hollingdrake, James A. Fowler and Sarah Warzywoda21 Against and with the silence: language, relations and methods inqualitative research on pregnancy loss and perinatal bereavement 300Julia Böcker22 Researching with individuals/couples undergoing IVF treatments: ethical,practical and methodological insights from within the field 317Catarina Delaunay, Amélia Augusto, Mário J. D. S. Santos and Luís Gouveia23 From field to self: (in)sensitivities encountered in researching sexualharassment at Sri Lankan workplaces 339Arosha S. Adikaram24 Researching rape that is not recognised: an auto/biographicalunderstanding of woman-to-woman rape and sexual assault 354andebecca (Bex) Twinley25 Adventures in sex work: a pracademic’s perspective in Switzerland 371Lorena Molnar26 Conducting research with adolescents experiencing marginalisation andvulnerability 384Jessica A. Heerde, Stephanie Begun, Lucas Calais Ferreira, CristynDavies, Marie Habito, Kristi Morrison, Lindsay Pearce, Farnaz Sabet,Amy M. Salazar, Jennifer Bailey and Susan Sawyer27 Researching young people’s experiences with alcohol, drinking anddrunkenness 403Samantha Wilkinson and Catherine Wilkinson28 Researching hate crime with LGBTQ individuals 418James Pickles29 Que(e)ry-ing the nexus of vulnerabilities: the sensitive nature of researchinto LGBTQ+ and CALD survivor experiences of intimate partnerviolence 435Alex Workman, Angela Dwyer and Tony Rossi30 Researching sensitive issues with men: some reflections 447Martin Robb31 The challenges of engaging in meaningful research on gender, domesticand sexual violence, and filicide 457Samantha Burton and Amie Simington32 Reflections on researching interpersonal violence against older adults:obstacles and opportunities 479Hannah Bows33 Challenges for meaningful participation in prisoner or corrective servicesresearch 491Nicole Peel, Alex Workman, Samantha Burton and Arianne Reis34 “Someone would have to die for me to give up”: the experience ofresearching suicideLaura Patterson35 End-of-life care and the human researcher: the emotional impact ofsensitive research on researchers 522Zana Bayley

‘Liamputtong has assembled a roster of international researchers who have contributed their expertise on a wide-ranging set of issues that challenge all of us who study sensitive topics with hard-to-reach, hidden, or marginalized populations in various settings. This collection will quickly become an essential, well-used volume in our personal libraries and in the libraries of universities and research institutes worldwide.’