The Doha Institute (DI) hosted a workshop for the Special Commission on Social Science Research in the Mena, known as Remena.
The three-day event concluded on Monday.
The project, based at Columbia University for the last three years, is devoted to developing guidelines for the conduct of responsible, ethical and constructive social inquiry in the Mena.
A group of about 25 social scientists from the Middle East, West Africa, Europe and North America discussed ethical dilemmas confronting research in the Mena, especially disparities in publication access and research dissemination, methodological biases, power asymmetries in research collaborations, as well as more conventional questions of deceit and dishonesty.
The ultimate objective of the Remena workshops is to develop a series of guidelines to be proposed for adoption by professional associations, funders, publishers and other supporters and amplifiers of social science research within and outside the region, a statement added.
