Qualitative Transparency Deliberations

The important points raised by Aisha and others above apply not only to security studies/conflict research, but to any research about a sensitive subject that collects human subjects data. This could be about crime perpetration or victimization, sexual orientation, social attitudes (studying bigotry...

It is interesting to hear that it is uncertainty about expectations that seems to be a deterrent. As I've noted in another post , many journal transparency policies (as posted online, at least) remain very general in regard to qualitative research or do not refer specifically to qualitative at all....