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This case study focused on research surrounding the ivory trade and engages in an interdisciplinary collaboration across arts and sciences to create new avenues for discussing this challenging topic area. The researcher notes that open research practices are far from the norm within this field and explains how they embedded open research practices such as registering study protocols, using open-source software for reproducible and collaborative research outputs, and engaging in public research dissemination activities throughout their project. They hope that their experience during this project helps to promote future engagement with open research practices within this field.
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This research seeks to understand the demand for ivory, primarily by Chinese consumers, using interdisciplinary techniques from social marketing and behaviour change approaches. Tackling illegal and unsustainable demand for ivory can be a highly controversial space, where open and inclusive research practices have yet to become the norm. Rather, challenging assumptions or the status quo are often responded to with emotional outcry and controversy, which can overshadow necessary research.
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