Post-disaster research: challenges and opportunities conversation on disasters: deconstructed on 11th of June 2021

Abstract

Purpose

This conversation presents the reflections from five prominent disaster scholars and practitioners on the opportunities and challenges associated with research following disasters and explores the importance of ethics in disaster research.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 11th of June 2021.

Findings

The prominent themes in this conversation include ethical approaches to research, how we–as disaster researchers and practitioners–collaborate, engage, and cooperate, and whose voices are centred in a post-disaster research context.

Originality/value

The conversation contributes to ongoing discussions around the conduct and practice of disaster research.

Citation

Beaven, S., Benouar, D., Bhatt, M., Gibson, T. and Peek, L. (2023), "Post-disaster research: challenges and opportunities conversation on disasters: deconstructed on 11th of June 2021", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 32 No. 3, pp. 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-11-2022-0233