How should migration scholars navigate tensions between our ethical responsibilities to research participants and growing “open science” calls for data transparency, replication, and accountability? We elaborate a three-step process to navigate these tensions. First, researchers must understand core principles behind open-science initiatives and the mandates of research ethics boards, especially those related to privacy, confidentiality, and protection from harm, and take them seriously. Second, migration researchers must think beyond routinized or mandated procedures to carefully consider the unique vulnerabilities of migrants in their study, which depend on socio-political context. Third, if vulnerabilities are significant, migration researchers should modify (or challenge) procedures elaborated in the name of open science or routinized research ethic board mandates, if inappropriate for their study. We, thus, encourage migration scholars to engage with open-science advocates but also to educate colleagues on migrants’ vulnerabilities and to double-down on data security, including vis-à-vis government authorities, as evolving technologies continue to change research practices.

移民学者应该如何应对我们对研究参与者的道德责任与日益增长的“开放科学”对数据透明度、复制和问责制的呼吁之间的紧张关系？我们详细阐述了一个三步流程来应对这些紧张局势。首先，研究人员必须了解开放科学倡议背后的核心原则和研究伦理委员会的职责，尤其是那些与隐私、保密和保护免受伤害有关的原则，并认真对待它们。其次，移民研究人员必须超越常规或强制程序，在他们的研究中仔细考虑移民的独特脆弱性，这取决于社会政治背景。第三，如果漏洞很大，迁移研究人员应该修改（或挑战）如果不适合他们的研究，则以开放科学或常规研究伦理委员会命令的名义制定的程序。因此，我们鼓励移民学者与开放科学倡导者接触，同时也教育同事了解移民的脆弱性，并加倍重视数据安全，包括面对政府当局，因为不断发展的技术不断改变研究实践。