Decolonial Research and Methodologies Seminar Series

About the Series

In response to the University’s Review of Race and History (July 2025) and commitments to decolonisation, this seminar series creates a critical forum to examine law, race, and colonial legacies in legal research. It aims to foster constructive dialogue, especially for PGR students and support sustained, community-led engagement with decolonisation at Edinburgh Law School.

 

About the Event – On Decolonial Ethics

This seminar will examine research ethics through a decolonial lens, with a focus on the social sciences and law. The event will consider both institutional processes and individual research design, encouraging reflection on how ethical frameworks shape the conduct and outcomes of research. We will explore how rethinking institutional ethical frameworks alongside individual research practices can enhance the quality, relevance and responsibility of research, offering practical guidance for embedding these considerations into one’s own work.

 

About the Speakers

Dr Rebecca Tapscott is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow. She is a political scientist whose research examines power, citizenship and gender in authoritarian contexts, with a strong focus on ethical research practices in the Global South. She is the author of Arbitrary States (OUP, 2021), editor of leading journals on conflict and research ethics and member of the Ethics Governance Network.

Dr Morshed Mannan is a Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technology at Edinburgh Law School. His work focusses on global law, digital governance and cooperative models, with extensive engagement in Global South contexts. His work addresses ethical and inclusive governance in technology, labour and development. He advises international organisations on cooperative and digital governance frameworks.