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INTEREST CATEGORY: MARKETING RESEARCH
POSTING TYPE: Calls: Journals

Author: Birud Sindhav

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Special Issue on Methodologies for researching marginalised and potentially vulnerable groups

Call for Papers: International Journal of Market Research 

Guest Editors:

• Dr Clifford Lewis (Charles Sturt University, Australia cllewis@csu.edu.au),
• Dr Michael Mehmet (University of Wollongong, Australia, mmehmet@uow.edu.au),
• Prof Nina Reynolds (University of Wollongong, Australia, ninar@uow.edu.au), and
• Dr Sarah Quinton (Oxford Brooks University, UK, sequinton@brookes.ac.uk).

Submission inc. key dates: 

This Special Issue will accept both Research Notes (between 1,500 and 3,500 words) and Full Papers (maximum of 7,500 words). Author guidelines for the journal can be accessed here: . There is a two-stage submission process:

1. Send a 2-page abstract of the proposed paper, clearly identifying the type of paper to cllewis@csu.edu.au by the 30^th September 2021. Feedback will be provided by mid-October.
2. Accepted abstracts need to be submitted as full papers for peer review by 30^th April 2022.

It is expected that the full special issue will be available, online, by the end of 2022.

Scope:  

Although more and more marginalised and/or potentially vulnerable groups have moved from being hidden to being visible, this does not necessarily mean they are being heard. For research to effectively provide a platform for hearing and representing marginalised voices, it needs to be sensitive to the nuances of the group to enable uninhibited participation. Issues when researching marginalised and potentially vulnerable groups can arise from the limited shared experience between the researchers and the researched and can manifest at different points in the research process.

This special issue will explore the process of researching marginalised and/or potentially vulnerable groups to ensure they are meaningfully included and given a voice and an opportunity to engage beyond tokenistic means. This special issue will publish manuscripts that discuss:

1. theories of methodology as applied to marginalised and/or potentially vulnerable groups.
2. how methodological challenges of researching marginalised and/or potentially groups have been addressed within the context of a project.

For example, papers on, or related to the following topics are encouraged:

• Methodological challenges and good practices for gaining representation.
• Doing no harm – protecting both the researcher and those researched.
• Role of the researcher and their positionality in context to the participants.
• Impact of research team dynamics on the research.
• Negotiating consent in a sensitive manner.
• Decolonising methodologies for potentially marginalised groups.
• Practices to avoid unconscious othering.

Full call for papers: