The Politics of Illicit Economies, Organized Crime, and Extra-Legal Actors Mini-Conference: The Methods and Ethics of Research on Criminal and Extra-Legal Actors

Session Submission Type: In-Person Roundtable

Part of Mini-Conference

• The Politics of Illicit Economies, Organized Crime, and Extra-Legal Actors In-Person Mini-Conference

Session Description

This session will address the numerous challenges specific to research in this area. Topics will include how to collect and analyze data on violence beyond merely homicide statistics, the practical and ethical challenges of ethnographic research, how to conduct interviews with and about illicit actors, and the ethical and security considerations which scholars must keep in mind while writing up their findings.

Sub Unit

• Division 21: Conflict Processes

Chair

• Laura Blume University of Nevada Reno

Presenters

• Nicholas Rush Smith

• Regina A. Bateson University of Ottawa

• Max Gallien Institute of Development Studies

• Rebecca V. Bell-Martin Tecnologico de Monterrey

• Gema Santamaria Loyola University Chicago

• Romain Malejacq Radboud University Nijmegen

• María Méndez Gutiérrez University of Minnesota