UniSAFE Inventory of the Research Lessons Learned in the Field of Ethics

The Inventory of the Research Lessons Learned in the Field of Ethics was created as part of the Horizon 2020-funded project Gender-based violence and institutional responses: Building a knowledge base and operational tools to make universities and research organisations safe (UniSAFE). This Inventory presents a set of reflections regarding the ethical dimension of studying gender-based violence that stems from this transnational, multi-site and multi-design research project on gender-based violence in academia. The UniSAFE study conducted an extensive policy mapping at the national and institutional levels, a cross-national survey of 45 European academic organisations, 16 case studies on the institutional responses to gender-based violence conducted in 15 countries and 52 online in-depth interviews with researchers who had experienced or witnessed gender-based violence. 

The Inventory of the Research Lessons Learned in the Field of Ethics presents twenty lessons grouped into four main parts: (I) Building an Ethical System for the Research Project, (II) Research Participants, (III) Researchers, and (IV) Data. It also includes a brief introduction explaining how to use the Inventory as well as a warning on ways some institutions misuse research ethics to avoid studies on gender-based violence.