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There is a growing awareness that undertaking qualitative research is an embodied experience and that researchers may be emotionally affected by the work that they do. Despite the interest in the emotional nature of qualitative research, there is very little empirical evidence about the researchers' experiences of undertaking qualitative research. A grounded theory analysis of one-on-one interviews with thirty public health researchers working on a qualitative project provided both theoretical and empirical evidence that qualitative researchers undertake emotion work throughout their research projects. The findings provide examples of researchers doing emotion work in their research projects; highlight some of the consequences of emotion work and offer some suggestions for researcher self-care.

The article discusses issues concerning sensitive topics in diverse social research, primarily connected with sensitive field research. The authors first analyse issues concerning sensitive topics and then move on to discuss examples of socially sensitive research in difficult research-related situations and areas. They also focus on the complex situation of a social researcher conducting research in sensitive, socially, culturally and politically diverse contexts, including in the context of education.

Introduction / Ann Luce -- Ethics, Responsibility and Self-Care. Journalism Standards on the Job / Chris Frost -- Learning to Cope with the Tough Times / Lyn Barnes -- Reporting Sensitive Topics. Reporting Child Sexual Abuse / Amanda Gearing -- Reporting Suicide / Ann Luce -- Reporting Violence. Reporting Mass Shootings / Glynn Greensmith -- Reporting Urban Violence and Gangs / Mathew Charles -- Reporting Health. Reporting "Critical" Health Journalism / John Lister -- Reporting on Drugs, Diets, Devices and Other Health Interventions / Kim Walsh-Childers -- Reporting Science and the Environment. Reporting Controversial Science / Shelley Thompson & Hilary Stepien -- Reporting Climate Change / Bob Wyss -- Reporting Natural Disasters in the Digital Age / Amanda Gearing -- Reporting Cultural, Ethnic and Geographical Difference. Reporting on "Other" Cultures / Alex Wake -- Reporting on International Migration / Jeremaiah Opiniano -- Conclusion: Further Hints and Tips.

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the particular culture within which research is conducted and its norms and values can give rise to additional challenges and complications for the researcher when the research area is sensitive in nature.


Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on research on sexual harassment of working women in Sri Lanka, the researcher engages in self and methodological reflections to elucidate the many challenges faced.


Findings
Carrying out sensitive research in an Asian cultural context, with various stereotyping cultural norms, values and beliefs can give rise to additional culture-specific challenges for the researcher, even when the researcher is a cultural insider. How these cultural complexities influence the manner in which the participants respond to data collection and the manner in which the researcher is seen and understood by others are explained. Strategies to overcome these challenges are discussed in light of the cultural competencies propose by Deardorff and Sewyer et al.


Practical implications
The paper highlights the need for researchers engaged in sensitive research to carefully plan and conduct their research, being mindful not only to the sensitive nature of the topic, but also to the cultural edifices and ethos.


Originality/value
The influence of cultural context in conducting sensitive research is not sufficiently addressed. Culture-specific challenges that can arise in cultures outside the West, such as Asia, have specifically being neglected. This paper addresses this knowledge gap by focusing on the culture-specific challenges faced by researchers, whether they are cultural insiders or outsiders.

Based on their research experiences, three female Chilean researchers from the capital city and the north of the country reflect on political trauma and violence, poverty and exclusion, and the processes underlying the mobility of Colombian women in Chile's northern border. In all of these research areas, "the sensitive" not only becomes a research topic but also confronts both researchers and participants as the main characters of a particular and socially situated relationship. Through their research experiences, proposals, devices, and several methodological strategies for addressing these issues are critically presented, with an emphasis on what qualitative research makes possible, challenges, questions, and faces.

Production of INCASI Project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 GA 691004 ; Based on their research experiences, three female Chilean researchers from the capital city and the north of the country reflect on political trauma and violence, poverty and exclusion, and the processes underlying the mobility of Colombian women in Chile's northern border. In all of these research areas, "the sensitive" not only becomes a research topic but also confronts both researchers and participants as the main characters of a particular and socially situated relationship. Through their research experiences, proposals, devices, and several methodological strategies for addressing these issues are critically presented, with an emphasis on what qualitative research makes possible, challenges, questions, and faces.