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Why are you (or the group you are part of) interested in asking these research questions? Who do you expect will benefit from the outcomes of the research? Who is part of the research team and how have you engaged with issues of positionality, personal status, and diverse disciplinary backgrounds? Who are you intending to work with, and what individual, group, institutional or social dimensions of power may impact these partnership? What voices or perspectives, particularly those of individuals or communities with direct experience of your research topic, might you be missing? How will you address issues of representation in your work, whether in terms of study design or in terms of team composition?
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What are the mechanisms for capturing dissent or alternative views in the research process, both within the research team and with research participants and collaborators? When analysing data, how do you account for differences in power among and between research participants and researchers? What types of dialogue and consultations can you offer within the research team and/or partners and how frequently? Whose voices are loudest within the process and can you do anything to shift that dynamic? How are you building adaptive learning processes into the research to take into account diverse perspectives and modify your approach accordingly?
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Who is included in the analytical process and are there opportunities to expand participation in ‘meaning-making’ work? How will you communicate and share the outcomes of your research, particularly with participants/respondents involved in the research? Are there mechanisms in place to broaden your reach beyond ‘usual suspects’ (ie, academic circles)? Have you put into place any process whereby data can be stored/archived in the places where it was gathered? Are equal opportunities given for authorship among the research team and/or with local collaborating institutions or individuals? What format will the publication(s) take and is there scope for writing in languages other than English and/or translation of results into other languages? What other formats may results be presented in other than peer-reviewed journal articles? If the work is going to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, will the resultant article(s) be open access?
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