Making Sense of Researching Crises: Refl ections on Work in Gaza

A research perspective on crises, based on experience of community researcher training and a trauma recovery project in Gaza where qualitative methods are put to use by mental health professionals. Inspired by these agents of change in the built environment and literature on disaster research, the authors off er reflections on the impacts and challenges involved. The paper ends with a call for a new understanding of ‘crisis research’, as a mode of inquiry grounded in shared humanity, relational ethics, and community-based sense-making in recovery from disasters.