Our research on ethics in police work (link) has often prompted spontaneous comments such as “This is such an important topic! This is needed. Absolutely.” or “Why the police? Why them in particular?”, but also more skeptical remarks: “Are you, as researchers, going to give instructions and tell the police what they should do? Surely […]

During my PhD, I sent questionnaires to people in a specific leadership role. One response stood out, not because it was a completed survey, but because it was a single line: “You, researchers, are a bunch of (…).” The message was nothing along the lines, “You, researchers, are a bunch of people who can’t do […]