“How can we talk about our struggles?” reflections on researcher wellbeing and recommendations for psychosocial support for researchers in conflict-affected areas

First, echoing calls for a feminist ethics of care, the article recognises emotional responses as an inherent part of ethical research practice. Second, it articulates the benefits of local wellbeing champions. Third, it highlights that researcher wellbeing support should be a multifaceted and ongoing process rather than a one size fits all once-off event. Fourth, it calls for structural change to recognise emotional challenges as part of research ethics and integrity processes (rather than solely the responsibility of individual researchers) and to budget for devolved and locally appropriate psychosocial support service provision for researchers.