Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Chapter 1 Introduction
Security
Ethics
Local Actors
Personal
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2 How I Dealt with My Ethics Committee, and Survived
In Search of Ethics Clearance: Three Real-Life Challenges
How I Dealt with My Ethics Committee-What I Learned
Improving Ethics Committees
References
Chapter 3 When Humans Become Data
Situating the Analysis: Who Has to "Do" Ethics?
Becoming "the data"
Temporalities and Spaces of Research, Risk, and Violence

Funding, Power, and Reorienting Transparency
Conclusion: Broadening the Conversation
References
Chapter 4 Researching Over-Researched Societies
Introduction
What Is An 'Over-Researched' Society?
Why Are Some Societies More Researched Than Others?
Concluding Comments
References
Chapter 5 Preparing for Fieldwork Interviews
Introduction
Deciding Whether to Conduct Interviews
Preparing the Research Context
Preparing the Actual Interviews
Preparing the Self
Conclusion: Fieldwork Interviews as Patchwork of the Possible
References

Chapter 6 Being Indiana Jones in IR: The Pressure to Do 'Real' Fieldwork
Introduction
Fieldwork as Connection
Fieldwork as Heroism
In and Out of the Field
Conclusion: War Stories and Rigorous Research
References
Chapter 7 Interview Locations
Interview Locations and Context: The Power of Place
The Interview as Research Context
What Actually Happens in Interviews
Donors, Politicians and Power: The Politics of 'I'm Really Important'
Reading a Room-What a Participant's Choice Can Tell You
You Are a Guest as Well as an Interviewer

It Can All Go Horribly Wrong-Discomfort and Danger
The Absence of Location: Interviewing by Remote Control
What Does Location Tell You About Your Research?
References
Chapter 8 From Risk Aversion to Risk Management
Accessing Field Sites, Networks and Information
Getting Started: Reading up on Conducting Fieldwork in Difficult Circumstances
Reading up on the Field Site in Question
Knowing Your Own Limitations
Selecting the Right People to Work with
Seeking (Pro-active) Support from Others' Efforts
Researcher-Participant Relations and Security

Knowing the Limitations of your Network
Well-Being and the Duty of Care
From Risk Aversion and Risk Transfer to Risk Management
References
Chapter 9 Researching 'Militant Groups'
Research Memories
Ulster Loyalism and Community
Gaining Access
Trust Me (I'm a Sociologist!)
Doing It for Real-Gathering Data
Militants and Personal Security
Research Stress
Timing and Research Fatigue
Ethics and Teaching
Some Conclusions
References
Chapter 10 The Ethics of Ethnographic Peace and Conflict Research
Introduction
June 2012: Witnessing Worrying Trends