University of Helsinki: Brown Research, White Schools - Does a Researcher's Skin Colour Matter?
June 08, 2025
June 08, 2025
HELSINKI, Finland, June 8 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release:
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Brown research, white schools - Does a researcher's skin colour matter?
Can a researcher racialised as non-white investigate racism in a school with mostly white pupils and staff? How do the pupils respond to this, and does it influence the findings?
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When researchers Maimouna Matikainen-Soreau, Saara Loukola and Ida Hummelstedt, . . .
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Brown research, white schools - Does a researcher's skin colour matter?
Can a researcher racialised as non-white investigate racism in a school with mostly white pupils and staff? How do the pupils respond to this, and does it influence the findings?
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When researchers Maimouna Matikainen-Soreau, Saara Loukola and Ida Hummelstedt, . . .