Achilleas Kostoulas

Applied Linguistics & Language Teacher Education

Research ethics

  • Special Issue on Research Ethics

    Special Issue on Research Ethics

    The Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education is not a likely source of content for this blog, but their 2014 Special Issue (Vol. 15, Issue 2) is particularly interesting, due to its focus on research ethics. Though primarily addressed to scientists in the fields of Microbiology and Biology, the issue contains many useful insights about…

  • How not to do a research project

    How not to do a research project

    I hope I do not sound too immodest when I claim that I have some experience in school-based research. My PhD research was embedded in a language school, I’ve supervised BA and M-level research projects which involved working with schools, students and their parents, and I was for some time responsible for school-based research in a primary…

  • Obtaining informed consent in a multilingual research setting

    Obtaining informed consent in a multilingual research setting

    Asking people to participate in your research projects is never straightforward, especially if you are unsure what language to use!

  • Breaching confidentiality in research

    Breaching confidentiality in research

    Researchers have a duty to protect the anonymity of study participants, even from law enforcement agencies.