The Ethics of Technology choice: Photovoice methodology with men living in low-income contexts

This article describes a two-phased reflexive ethical process initiated when choosing digital cameras for the photovoice method in research with men living in low income contexts. While this participatory method aims to flatten power asymmetries in researcher-researched relationships, debate is needed about how pragmatic technology choices may inadvertently underscore or even reinforce participants’ situated experiences…Continue Reading The Ethics of Technology choice: Photovoice methodology with men living in low-income contexts

Ethical considerations in prehospital ambulance based research: qualitative interview study of expert informants

 Prehospital ambulance based research has unique ethical considerations due to urgency, time limitations and the locations involved. We sought to explore these issues through interviews with experts in this research field. We undertook semi-structured interviews with expert informants, primarily based in the UK, seeking their views and experiences of ethics in ambulance based clinical research….Continue Reading Ethical considerations in prehospital ambulance based research: qualitative interview study of expert informants

The End to Testamentary Freedom

This article critically re-examines the parliamentary proceedings between 1928 and 1938 that led to the Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1938, in particular looking at the reasons why Parliament sought to limit testamentary freedom. University of Lincoln, College of Social Science Research Richard Hedlund, University of Lincoln, Lincoln Law School  …Continue Reading The End to Testamentary Freedom

A balancing act: Agency and constraints in university students’ understanding of and responses to sexual violence in the night-time economy

This paper extends our understanding of how university students make sense of, and respond to, sexual violence in the night-time economy (NTE). Based on semi-structured interviews with 26 students in a city in England, we examine students’ constructions of their experiences of sexual violence within the NTE, exploring their negotiations with, and resistance to, this…Continue Reading A balancing act: Agency and constraints in university students’ understanding of and responses to sexual violence in the night-time economy

Removing Hand Form Information Specifically Impairs Emotion Recognition for Fearful and Angry Body Stimuli

Emotion perception research has largely been dominated by work on facial expressions, but emotion is also strongly conveyed from the body. Research exploring emotion recognition from the body tends to refer to “the body” as a whole entity. However, the body is made up of different components (hands, arms, trunk, etc.), all of which could…Continue Reading Removing Hand Form Information Specifically Impairs Emotion Recognition for Fearful and Angry Body Stimuli