The aim of this video series is to provide researchers with tools to develop and implement bioethics research projects with inclusive design principles that include the diverse demographics and lived experiences of marginalised groups, and relevant and appropriate theories and concepts.
Each 20–30-minute video introduces a nuanced understanding of a method, framework, or concept and directs audiences to related resources. The videos are freely accessible and include expertise contributed by experienced researchers working with different marginalised communities across the globe.
These videos can help researchers looking to question canonical empirical research methods in bioethics and learn more context-appropriate methods that they could use in developing and implementing their own research projects in inclusive ways.
Video series editorial team: Kumeri Bandara, Matimba Swana, Harleen Kaur Johal, Faiq Habash
The Need for Reflexivity – Supriya Subramani
In this video, Dr. Supriya Subramani discusses the concept of reflexivity. After introducing the concept, she explains the importance of reflexivity, underlining its role as a practice that is ethical, political, epistemological, and methodological.
About the speaker: Dr. Supriya Subramani is a social researcher focusing on moral emotions and ethics within health and illness, currently working as a lecturer in health ethics at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses primarily on applied philosophy, the philosophy of medicine, and qualitative health research. She is driven by an interest in understanding personal stories, narratives, and lived experiences, and how these intersect with one’s moral self and identity, and how they influence health ethics and illness discourse.
You can find more of Dr. Subramani’s work at: www.supriyasubramani.com
Language, Translation, and Cultural Competency — Mpoe Johannah Keikelame
In this video, Dr. Mpoe Johannah Keikelame discusses issues of language, translation, and cultural competency in decolonising research. She draws lessons from her qualitative research project that explored perspectives and subjective experiences of adults who have epilepsy and their carers in an urban township in Cape Town, South Africa.
About the speaker: Dr. Mpoe Johannah Keikelame is an independent qualitative research consultant with special interest in conversations that focusses on decolonising research methodologies. She received her PhD in Psychology from Stellenbosch University, in South Africa. Her published work highlights the importance of researchers to critically reflecting on fieldwork challenges on conducting research among the vulnerable and marginalized population groups. She shares some unexpected events in the field, which are of methodological importance in a decolonizing research process.
You can find more of Dr. Keikelame’s work at: linkedin.com/in/dr-mpoe-johannah-keikelame-8a536a144
Envisioning Indigenous Citational Practice – Hana Burgess
In this video, Hana Burgess explores how kaupapa Māori principles can reshape conventional academic norms. She shares her journey as a Māori doctoral student navigating and resisting institutional expectations around citational practices. Through her theoretical and artistic lens, she shows how citing is a deeply relational and ethical practice.
About the speaker: Hana Burgess is a Māori scholar and creative, hailing from the tribes of Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. She is a doctoral student and lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, The Department of Māori Health at the University of Auckland, where she teaches kaupapa Māori theory and research. Her work centers on decolonial theory, Indigenous health, and creative practices. Hana is also an active member of queer and creative communities, weaving relationality into both her academic and artistic pursuits.
You can find Hana’s published work in the journal article “Calling forth our pasts, citing our futures: an envisioning of a Kaupapa Māori citational practice” and the book chapter “Onamata anamata, a whakapapa perspective of Māori futurisms” in Whose Futures.
Critical Process Matrix – Paola Buedo
In this video, Dr.Paola Buedo discusses an interpretative tool for data analysis in bioethics: critical process matrix (CPM). After introducing the shortcomings of mainstream data analysis processes, she explores the how CPM addresses the issue of inequity on collective and personal dimensions.
About the speaker: Paola Buedo is a postdoctoral researcher at the Munich Embedded Ethics and Social Science Hub (MESH), Institute for History and Ethics in Medicine, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich. She also collaborates in several projects with the Bioethics Program of the Latin American School of Social Sciences. Dr. Buedo is also a medical doctor with postgraduate studies in bioethics and has been trained in research ethics and bioethics through projects of the Fogarty International Center, the World Health Organization and the European Union. Her research focuses on the intersection of bioethics with various fields such as biotechnology, health care and mental health, combining ethical normative analysis with empirical methods.
You can find more of Dr. Buedo’s work at: https://linktr.ee/paolabuedo
Using Theories and Frameworks: Gender and Sexual Variance, and Justice – Tiia Sudenkaarne
In this video, Dr. Tiia Sudenkaarne examines theories and applied frameworks, exploring how they impact application and practice in research. She focuses on gender, sexual variance, and bioethical justice.
About the speaker: Dr. Tiia Sudenkaarne is a queer feminist philosopher. For the past years, she has been working with social study of microbes as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Helsinki. Her research interests include bioethics, moral theory, vulnerability, justice, care, gender and sexuality, reproductive technologies, and posthumanism. She is currently developing a queer feminist posthuman framework for bioethics.
You can find more of Dr. Sudenkaarne’s work at: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/fi/pers… https://helsinki.academia.edu/TiiaSudenkaarne
Upcoming videos:
Nuancing Consent – Mehrunisha Suleman