How Should I Care: Research Ethics and Its Tensions in Participatory Action Research

A response to “Why should I care? Research ethics in the field of adult L2 literacy”

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  • Amber I Bartlett Radboud University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51751/dujal24831

Keywords:

ethics , research ethics, ethics of care, participatory action research

Abstract

In Shepperd and Dalderop (forthcoming)’s viewpoint Why should I care? Research ethics in the field of adult L2 Literacy, the authors make three important assertions regarding research ethics with so called vulnerable participants. This response considers the tensions explored by the authors, in light of my experience conducting a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project with refugee women in the Netherlands.

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Author Biography

  • Amber I Bartlett, Radboud University

    Amber I Bartlett is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University, and is currently researching the role of refugee women’s digital literacy in their resettlement. She is particularly interested in the intersecting inequalities of digitalization, and the potential of participatory action research for social impact

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Shepperd, L. & Dalderop, K. (2025). Why should I care? Research ethic in the field of adult L2 literacy. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics

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Published

23-03-2026

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Vol. 15 (2026)

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Bartlett, A. (2026). How Should I Care: Research Ethics and Its Tensions in Participatory Action Research: A response to “Why should I care? Research ethics in the field of adult L2 literacy”. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics, 15. https://doi.org/10.51751/dujal24831