Urban forced migrants in Kampala: Methodologies and ethical and psychological issues

In particular, this article focuses on preliminary issues, such as decisions on how to collect samples and how to gain entry to the sample group. It also concentrates on ethical issues concerning forced migrants in general as well as situations in which forced migrants are mixed with the local population, which need to be carefully addressed by researchers during fieldwork in order not to endanger the often precarious safety of their sample members.

Finally, it provides specific information about the psychological stress that researchers can experience after prolonged contact with forced migrants.