Communicating Evidence for Impact

Abstract

The ambition of human rights-based research is to generate an evidence base aligned to specific rights and rights holders. This chapter addresses the question ‘How does the ethical communication of research evidence support the achievement of this ambition?’ It outlines a Communication of Evidence For Impact (CEFI) approach that is focused on the realisation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). CEFI proposes that human rights-based communication is: a public good; a legal imperative in States that have ratified CRPD, and a moral imperative in States yet to sign or ratify; a core research competency and ethical requirement; participatory; and grounded in a culture of inclusion, intersectionality, and allyship. This chapter explores how five actors – States, research ethics committees, researchers, funders, and publishers – can each contribute to ethical communication. Recommendations are made for including and futureproofing CEFI in a disability research ethics framework.

Citation

Elliott, I. (2024), "Communicating Evidence for Impact", Good, A., Elliott, I. and Mallon, S. (Ed.) Advances in Disability Research Ethics (Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity, Vol. 11), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 137-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2398-601820240000011008