Curriculum „Enhancing participative practice in social work”

Legal obligations and constraints on research approaches
- Participation as a right (e.g.
international Conventions regarding children and people with disabilities)
- Privacy and confidentiality in research
- Role and function of ethical research and review committees and approval procedures
- Prevention of harm in national
legislation and Codes of Ethics

In which areas does my research project touch on
- International rights conventions
- National legal frameworks
- Professional codes of ethics
- Agency regulations?

How am I prepared for dealing with possible discrepancies and conflicts between these frameworks?

Ethics and
perspectivity

Ethics and interests: Research is not limited to “recording” existing conditions of reality but has the purpose of questioning their
origins and legitimacy.

Participative research is therefore likely to encounter conflicts regarding
- Ideological / political frameworks
- Ownership of information and data
- Academic interest positions (disciplinary rivalry, schools of thought, university politics, journal review and publication policies…)

What interests does my proposed research project imply / express?

On “whose side” do I stand with
regard to conflicting interest groups concerning my research project?

Benefits of upholding ethical
standards for service users

Knowledge production value in different contexts and their interrelationship:
- Academic contexts of “increasing knowledge” for innovative understanding
- Professional contexts of “improving effectiveness of practice”
- Lived experience context (service users) of “gaining in agency” (coping)

What are the declared, what are the hidden outcome objectives of my research project?

Which conflicts may arise from the incompatibility of objectives in the different context scenarios?

What are my primary value objectives?