1st Edition
Rethinking Research Ethics, Decolonization, and Community Empowerment
About the Editors
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Rethinking Responsibilities in Community-Based Research
Part I: From Ethics to Responsibility: Reframing the Foundations
Chapter 2: Ethical Relationalities in Engineering: A Participatory Inquiry into Accountability By Lori Bradford
Chapter 3: Reflective Decolonial Dialogues as Catalysts for Transformative Change: Learning from Cree First Nation Community-Led Cultural Camps By Ranjan Datta, Jean Kayira, Emdad Haque, Nausheen Sadiq, Jebunnessa Chapola, C. Emdad Haque, Somashree Chattapadhya, Prarthona Datta, Prokriti Datta
Chapter 4: Ethical Dimensions of Climate Action Research in the Arctic By Maria Båld
Part II: Relational Practice, Governance, and Decolonial Environmental Justice
Chapter 5: Colonial Legacies and the Inaccessibility of Urban Green Spaces in Dhaka City: Pathways to Environmental Justice through Decolonising Research Ethics and Green Space Governance Practice By Md Badrul Hyder and Tavir Turin Chowdhury
Chapter 6: Carceral Ecologies and Indigenous Resistance in the Global North and Global South: Decolonizing Environmental Justice Research in the Prison System By Mohammed Jahirul Islam and Md. Lab Hossain
Chapter 7: Ethical Research Relationships Through Umunthu: A Case Study from Kasungu National Park, Malawi By Jean Kayira, Matias Elisa, Reuben Chikuni, Ndaona Kumanga, and Leonard Moyo
Part III: Indigenous Sovereignty, Embodied Knowledge, and Living Traditions
Chapter 8: Reclaiming Apara Vidya as Transformational Research: Advaita, Embodied Wisdom, and the Silencing of Living Traditions By Rani Muthukrishnan
Chapter 9: Land-Based Spiritual Music as a Ceremonial Research Journey By Rita Karmakar
Chapter 10: Wombs of the World: Reckoning with Colonial Medicine, Remembering Feminist Futures By Abhinya Gulasingam, Erika Arteaga-Cruz, Jennie Joseph & Thirusha Naidu
Part IV: Anti-Racist Research, Institutional Transformation, and Democratizing Governance
Chapter 11: Democratizing Community-Engaged Research: From Bottlenecks to Belonging in Access, Capability, Voice, and Trust & Integrity By Tanvir Turin Chowdhury, Nashit Chowdhury, Viana Farzaneh, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan, Irfan Hyder, Ranjan Datta
Chapter 12: Decolonizing Research Methodology with Racialized Communities: Applying Principles to Practice through a Reflective Audit Framework By Tanvir Turin Chowdhury, Nashit Chowdhury, Viana Farzaneh, Mohammad Mojammel Hussain Raihan, Irfan Hyder, Ranjan Datta
Chapter 13: Achieving Accountable Research Approaches through Ethical Understanding By Katie Sand
Part V: Climate, Healing, and More-than-Human Responsibility
Chapter 14: Emerging After the Flood: A Personal Journey of Decolonization, Healing, and Responsibility in Research By Samantha A. Ruby
Chapter 15: Two French theorists on imperialism: An Australian Indigenous criticism of Foucault and Frémeaux By Jesse J. Fleay
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Ranjan Datta, PhD, Canada Research Chair at Mount Royal University specializing in Indigenous land rights, community-led disaster research, and decolonial environmental governance.
Jean Kayira, PhD, Associate Professor at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, specializing in Indigenous knowledge systems, land-based education, and decolonizing climate adaptation research.
Myrle Ballard, PhD, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor at University of Calgary, advancing Indigenous science and sustainability through Three-Eyed Seeing and environmental justice advocacy.
Jebunnessa Chapola, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Calgary focusing on decolonial feminist research, anti-racism, and women-led climate adaptation and community empowerment.
Yvonne Vizina, PhD, Associate Professor at University of Winnipeg, researching Indigenous sustainability and integrating traditional knowledge into education systems. Yvonne was awarded the UWinnipeg Indigenous Research Excellence Chair in 2026.
Rani Muthukrishnan, PhD, Researcher in traditional sciences and Director of Research Compliance at Texas A&M University San Antonio, with expertise in ecoliteracy and human–nature interactions.
Tanvir Turin Chowdhury, PhD, Associate Professor at University of Calgary focusing on equity-centered, community-based research addressing health disparities among racialized and immigrant populations.
