Ethical guidelines for geoprivacy: a framework for researchers and ethics committees
By encouraging early and context-aware engagement with ethical risks, this framework safeguards participant dignity, fosters transparency, and advances ethically responsible research involving geographic data. It equips both researchers and ethics committees with a systematic approach for addressing geoprivacy challenges across diverse health and social science contexts.
Authors
- Justine I. Blanford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-9390)
- Milad S. Malekzadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2275-0497)
- Camille Perchoux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0654-3746)
- Grant McKenzie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-2777)
- Eun‐Kyeong Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-8002)
- Yan Kestens
- Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (CA)
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LU)
- General Electric (Finland) (FI)
- Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LU)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Twente (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Health Geographics
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-026-00460-y
- Primary Topic
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00