UG Research Resources
These resources have been created specifically to support students in AHC:
Positionality and Research - putting YOU into your research
Inclusive citation
What does it mean to cite inclusively? How can you use your bibliography and references to challenge accepted ways of thinking and whose voices are included in debates?These resources, put together by Dr Nina Wardleworth, will help you to rethink approaches to gathering and presenting information for your university work with decolonial approaches.
Inclusive citation PowerPoint
Inclusive Citation workshop break out group prompts and responses
Short video from the workshop
Researcher positionality
How do/ should your own life experiences influence your research and writing? How can you reflect on this in your work?
These resources, put together by Dr Nina Wardleworth, will provide you with tools to examine your own positionality and learn how to incorporate your analysis in project work and presentations.
Researcher Positionality PowerPoint
Researcher Positionality workshop break out group prompts and responses
Short video from the workshop
Not created specifically for UG students, or students in AHC, but might be of use:
Inclusive Fieldwork Hub
Attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people undertaking fieldwork can be very different from those in their regular workplace. This means fieldwork is not always as inclusive and safe for LGBTQ+ researchers as it is for their straight and cisgender peers. The inaugural Inclusive Fieldwork Hub (inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk) at the University of Leeds offers empirically-informed pointers for making fieldwork more LGBTQ+ inclusive.
The Research England Enhancing Research Culture Inclusive Fieldwork project, led by Martin Zebracki in collaboration with Robin Hayward, Helena Brown, Fiona Gill, C. Scott Watson, and Sam Wimpenny, has established the dedicated University of Leeds Inclusive Fieldwork Hub that includes professional guidance documents and summary videos for safe, inclusive, and equitable research.
The Hub features the newly developed PRIDE guidelines for LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork, drawing on the team’s research involving the experiences of focus group participants and surveys.
A one-page summary and a three-page leaflet on LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork are available here. The team recommends that the single page be shared as flyers or posters, while the leaflet can function as a guide to more thoughtful fieldwork planning.
The team has developed the following themed videos. If time is limited for watching all three in one session, we recommend screening the third video.
The first LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork video (5:57 min) highlights the current state of inclusivity and the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ field researchers.
The second LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork video (6:07 min) highlights inclusive change and the ways we can drive positive change for LGBTQ+ researchers.
The third LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork video, Fieldwork It Out (4:31 min), focuses on practical actions that can be taken to make fieldwork more inclusive within teams and institutions.
The guidance materials have been developed in further collaboration with creative partners Nifty Fox Creative and Motus TV.
The LGBTQ+ inclusive fieldwork collection has been published as one citable resource on the open-access platform Knowledge Commons:
- Zebracki, M., Hayward, R., Gill, F., Wimpenny, S., Watson, C. S., & Brown, H. (2025). PRIDE Fieldwork Guidelines: Pointers for Research that is Inclusive, Diverse and Equitable for LGBTQ+ fieldworkers. Environmental Humanities, Knowledge Commons. https://doi.org/10.17613/59ddk-kpb63
The project is ongoing, and the team, further expanded with Tilen Kolar, is currently conducting research to inform the development of an online learning tool (serious game) regarding wellbeing and resilience in fieldwork, in further cooperation with Clearhead, one of the UK’s leading creative video agencies.