Consent in research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

David Carpenter, Chair - HRA South Central-Berkshire NHS Research Ethics Committee; Trainer in Research Ethics (HRA, ARMA, UKRIO).
David Carpenter poses questions for the audience’s consideration about the concept of ‘participant consent’ in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He asks delegates to consider if ‘participant consent’, as understood in other research disciplines, is applicable in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences or if can it be substituted by simple agreement, consensus and collaboration in the context of mutual respect and the absence of hierarchies?