Doing Resea ch
Wi h
,
No On
Na iga ing E hics in Law and Di e si y Resea ch
Facul y Resea ch Day 2025
PhD Resea che Law and
Di e si y & Mig a ion Law
Sophie Bols
Con en
O e iew
E hical Responsibili y in Law &
Di e si y Resea ch
Example 1: Excluded
Masculini ies
Example 2: Legal Clinic x
U sopi
Wha “Resea ch Wi h, No On”
equi es
E hical Responsibili y in Law
&
Di e si y Resea ch
His o ically ma ginalised
communi ies
S igma isa ion in law and academic
esea ch
Limi a ions o Resea ch E hics
Insu icien ly add essed:
S uc u al inequali ies
Powe ela ions
Epis emic hie a chies
Ex ac i is esea ch p ac ices
Legi imacy Challenges
Pos - u h e a:
Mis/disin o ma ion
Ideological pola isa ion
Wi hin academia:
Feminis , quee , decolonial, CRT
c i iques
No disembodied “neu al”
esea che
Posi ionali y
&
Epis emic Jus ice
Explici si ua edness
T anspa ency
S eng hens scien i ic igo
Posi ionali y
Whose knowledge coun s?
Who speaks / is spoken abou ?
Expe s h ough heo y & expe ience
Epis emic Jus ice
EU Bo de Ex e nalisa ion & Cons uc ions o
Masculini y
Focus: acialised mig an men seeking in e na ional
p o ec ion
In e sec ionali y as me hodology
Example 1
:
PhD Resea ch
Came a me apho
Fil e = analy ical amewo k, add-on a e da a-collec ion
Lens shapes he en i e esea ch design
= In e sec ionali y as me hodology
In e sec ional Masculini y Lens
A wo kshops whe e:
Pa icipan s become esea ch collabo a o s
Expe ien ial knowledge is sha ed h ough a
Co-analysis decen es he esea che
T auma-sensi i e
Inclusi e s o y elling
Pa icipa o y A s
-
Based Resea ch
