The ethical regulation of social research in the UK has been steadily increasing over the last decade or so and … of increasing ethical regulation is identified as having a potential detrimental effect on visual research practice and …

potentially \'vulnerable\' participants, this paper considers the impact and consequences of increased ethical regulation in … relation to my own research field and social research more generally. It argues that extending ethical regulation threatens …. The consequences of increased ethical regulation may contradict its intention and place \'vulnerable\' participants at …