Control and confusion Shifting identities, policy networks, and the practical and ethical challenges of gaining access to the field in interventions / Roland Kostić Interpretivist methods and military intervention research : using interview research to de-centre the 'intervener' / Casey McNeill The interview as a cultural performance and the value of surrendering control / Markus Göransson Unequal research relationships in highly insecure places : of fear, funds and friendship / Morten Bøås Security and risk The politics of safe research in violent and illiberal contexts / Alessandra Russo and Francesco Strazzari The politics and ethics of fieldwork in post-conflict environments : the dilemmas of a vocational approach / John Heathershaw and Parviz Mullojonov Challenges of research in an active conflict environment / Boukary Sangaré and Jaimie Bleck On assessing risk assessments and situating security advice : the unsettling quest for 'security expertise' / Judith Verweijen Being watched and being handled / Jesse Driscoll Distance and closeness Positioning in an insecure field : reflections on negotiating identity / Maria-Louise Clausen A different form of intervention? : revisiting the role of researchers in post-war contexts / Daniela Lai The road to Darfur : ethical and practical challenges of embedded research in areas of open conflict / Mateja Peter Interpretation by proxy? : interpretive fieldwork with local associates in areas of restricted research access / Katarina Kušić Sex and sensitivity Sex workers and sugar babies : empathetic engagement with vulnerable sources / Kathleen M. Jennings Lifting the burden? : the ethical implications of studying exemplary, not pathological, wartime sexual conduct / Angela Muvumba Sellström Unexpected grey areas, innuendo and webs of complicity : experiences of researching sexual exploitation in UN Peacekeeping Missions / Henri Myrttinen Sexual exploitation, rape and abuse as a narrative and a strategy / Ingunn Bjørkhaug Ten things to consider before, during and after fieldwork in a violent or closed context / Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Morten Bøås |