Abstract

Research ethics procedures have substantially improved over the last three decades, such that university ethics committees now adopt independent peer review as well as providing guidance and standardized template documentation (e.g., consent forms). Despite this, researchers’ wellbeing is often overlooked. In this paper I draw on our forthcoming publication, written with researchers I have worked with over the last 20 years in the field of gender-based violence, to: discuss what secondary trauma linked to research is and how it might arise, talk candidly about our own experiences and needs as researchers/supervisors, and develop a protocol for moving forward ethically to help maintain researcher wellbeing.