Part of a three-part series of training workshops on 'hard-to-share data in the social sciences and humanities'

These presentations and training materials were part of a workshop called 'The Ethics of Sharing Fieldwork Data and the CARE Principles' held at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague on 8 May 2025.

The CARE Principles are a framework for the governance of data collected in indigenous communities worldwide. These principles – Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics – serve as high-level guidelines that can be adapted and implemented to respect the unique contexts and needs of particular indigenous communities. At the same time, these principles feed also into broader conversations about the governance and sharing of data collected in wide-ranging fieldwork contexts. 

The workshop is designed to be both informative and interactive. In the first part, participants explore how the CARE principles relate to participatory research, gain insight into how the Ethics Review process addresses CARE elements, and learn about the legal frameworks Dutch research institutions use for data governance and sharing.

The second part invites participants to engage actively in working groups guided by experienced researchers from the International Institute of Social Studies. Together, they dive into three key CARE dimensions—Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, and Responsibility—through discussion and hands-on exploration. 

The session concludes with an invitation to storytelling, where participants can share their own fieldwork experiences and learn from each other.

The session is highly interactive and encourages participants to suggest viable pathways to address these elements in their own research contexts. As such, while mainly focused on the Dutch Higher Education sector, this training format is likely to benefit users in other EEA countries or further abroad. 

File list:

The files included in this record are:

• 20250508_HardtoShareData_WS2_EthicsCARE_SessionPlan: This is the planning document for the workshop containing all of the practical planning details for the workshop, the session description, learning outcomes, and an overview of the teaching and learning activities per time slot.

• 20250508_HardtoShareData_WS2_EthicsCARE_SlideDeck: This is the slidedeck that combines the contributions from all presenters at the training workshop

Related materials:

The other workshops in this series of training workshops on 'hard-to-share data in the social sciences and humanities' are listed below:

Thorpe, D. E., van den Berk, M., Flohr, P., van der Meer, L., Hesam, A., Campbell, R., & Oberheim, F. (2025, May 6). Workshop on Hard to Share Data in the Social Sciences and Humanities and using the Secure ANalysis Environment (SANE). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15302953

Acknowledgements:

This workshop was part of the project ‘Beyond personal data: a new initiative to support early-career researchers with hard-to-share data’ with file number ICT.TDCC.001.002, which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) via the Thematic Digital Competence Centre Social Sciences & Humanities (TDCC-SSH).

The session organisers would like to thank the invited speakers and the participants who attended the training session.