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The Ethics of Social Research: Perspectives from the Study of the Middle East and North Africa

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Lisa Anderson, Rabab El-Mahdi, and Seteney Shami

Spring 2025

The Ethics of Social Research: Perspectives from the Study of the Middle East and North Africa

Editors

Lisa Anderson, Rabab El-Mahdi, and Seteney Shami

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Risk & Responsibility: Social Science Research as a Modern “Anti-Politics Machine”

Author Lisa Anderson

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Ethical Dimensions of Nonacademic Research in the Development Sector: A Perspective from Jordan

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From the Politics of Representation to the Ethics of Decolonization: What MENA Social Research Can Learn from the “Indigenous Turn”

Author Lila Abu-Lughod

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The Ethics of Social Research: Perspectives from the Study of the Middle East and North Africa

The Ethics of Social Research: Perspectives from the Study of the Middle East and North Africa

Risk & Responsibility: Social Science Research as a Modern “Anti-Politics Machine”

Ethical Dimensions of Nonacademic Research in the Development Sector: A Perspective from Jordan

From the Politics of Representation to the Ethics of Decolonization: What MENA Social Research Can Learn from the “Indigenous Turn”

Advances and Challenges in International Higher Education

Delivering Humanitarian Health Services in Violent Conflicts

The Future of Free Speech

Language & Social Justice in the United States