Conversations on Positionality with Anne Kirstine Rønn

LSE Middle East Centre

What is the role of positionality in research? How do researchers navigate their nationality, gender, age and personality while being in the field? What challenges and opportunities come with being insider and outsider? In this podcast, LSE Middle East Centre visiting fellow, Anne Kirstine Rønn invites her colleagues to discuss these and many more questions. Episodes are released each Wednesday.

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Conversations on Positionality with Anne Kirstine Rønn

Episodes (8)

Nov 29, 2023 Episode 8: Nicola Pratt on Ethics and the Responsibility to Counter Repression
Nov 22, 2023 Episode 7: Madawi al-Rasheed on Saudi Arabia, Activism, and Research in Repressive Contexts
Nov 15, 2023 Episode 6: Serhun Al on Kurdish Movements, Peace, and the Role of Researchers in Society

Conversations on Positionality with Anne Kirstine Rønn

Nov 29, 2023
24¾ minutes
31 MB

In this last episode of the series, Anne Kirstine speaks to Nicola Pratt about her views on the role of researchers in society. Nicola reflects on the ethical responsibilities of researchers to fight repression and the importance of engaging in political debates about their subject matter. She also reflects on the importance of relations in a time where extractivism has become a widespread research method. Nicola is Professor of International Politics of the Middle East at the University of Warwick. Her publications have explored women's activism, democratisation, human rights and conflict in a number of Middle Eastern...

Conversations on Positionality with Anne Kirstine Rønn

Episode 8: Nicola Pratt on Ethics and the Responsibility to Counter Repression

LSE Middle East Centre

00:00 -22:56