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Title: The Ethics and Epistemology of Researching Higher Degree by Research Supervision: An Encounter with Institutional Ethics Review
Language: English
Authors: M. Obaidul Hamid (ORCID 0000-0003-3205-6124), Barbara Hanna (ORCID 0000-0002-8450-4243), Deanne Gannaway (ORCID 0000-0003-0513-3753), Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen (ORCID 0000-0001-8005-4567)
Source: International Journal of Research & Method in Education. 2025 48(1):15-28.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research Projects, Researchers, Supervision, Ethics, Epistemology, Research Problems, Educational Research, Bias, Power Structure, Educational Experience, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Reflection, Personal Narratives, Feedback (Response)
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2299973
ISSN: 1743-727X
1743-7288
Abstract: This article provides a reflexive account of the authors' experiences of the ethical challenges in conducting a higher degree by research (HDR) supervision project prompted by the ethics review process in a major Australian university. The authors also raise epistemological questions about the specific focus of the study, given the interrelations of ethics and epistemology. The project aimed to examine the conceptualization of 'poor supervision' by HDR actors including students and graduates with a view to informing supervision practices. The article seeks to highlight fundamental questions about what is researchable/unresearchable from ethical as well as epistemological points of view, and who can decide on ethical norms and boundaries in this research space. As HDR education in general and HDR supervision in particular have come under increased scrutiny nationally and globally inviting more research and academic engagement, such an account may be useful in pointing to the complexity of pedagogical, epistemological, and ethical issues and their complex interactions against the processes of institutional ethics review.
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