Field Experiments in the Global South
Assessing Risks, Localizing Benefits, and Addressing Positionality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6097986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Biz Herman (0000-0002-8901-2109, University of California, Berkeley), Amma Panin (0000-0002-1608-3678), Elizabeth Iams Wellman (0000-0001-8541-3522, Williams College), Graham Blair (0000-0001-9164-2102, University of California, Los Angeles), Lindsey Pruett (0000-0002-7078-0466, Cornell University), Ken Ochieng’ Opalo (0000-0002-8317-0317, Georgetown University), Hannah Alarian (0000-0001-6356-0513, University of Florida), Allison N Grossman (0000-0001-6767-7815, Stanford University), Yvonne Tan (0000-0002-9388-2481, Goethe University Frankfurt), Alex Dyzenhaus (0000-0002-9267-2132, Cornell University), Nicholas C Owsley (0000-0001-7898-6947, University of Chicago) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 769-772 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096522000063 |
| OpenAlex | W4282004410 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 17 |
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have emerged as a leading methodological tool to strengthen causal inference in the social sciences. Yet RCTs carry significant risks for ev- eryone involved, from participants to researchers themselves, especially in the Global South. In this article, we explore how researchers’ identities and power influence the conduct of research and their positionality within the research contexts—especially when conducting RCTs in the Global South. Our goal is to center local contexts and demands at each stage of the research process. Overall, we argue that centering local contexts, stakeholders, and de- mands at each stage of the research process is key to ensuring that RCTs in the Global South are ethically sound and generate insights that can serve the communities they investigate
Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Political science · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques · Computer Science · Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning · Environmental Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment
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Enumerator Experiences in Violent Research Environments
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The Experimental Approach to Development Economics
Do no harm? Field research in the Global South
Improving Surveys Through Ethnography
Collaboration for Designing, Conceptualizing, and (Possibly) Decolonizing Research in African Politics
What, Where, Who, and Why? An Empirical Investigation of Positionality in Political Science Field Experiments
Ethics Abroad
Making North–South Research Collaborations Work
The Strategic and Moral Imperatives of Local Engagement
Organizational Identity and Positionality in Randomized Control Trials
Manipulating Africa? Perspectives on the experimental method in the study of African politics
Research Ethics 101
All that Glitters is not Gold. The Political Economy of Randomized Evaluations in Development
Relational State Building in Areas of Limited Statehood
Information Dissemination, Competitive Pressure, and Politician Performance between Elections
Local Positionality in the Production of Knowledge in Northern Uganda
| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |