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Research That Cannot End: Reflections on Relationships, Reciprocity, and Sustainability in Feminist Participatory Research

Issue 12·June 2026

What happens when a research project cannot truly end, even though the project has been administratively closed? This is a risk that, apparently, one might face when carrying out feminist participatory action research. My team's research project is finished on paper, and the funding has stopped. But unlike other research or evaluation projects that I usually conduct, there is no sense of “relief” as usual. I felt sadness, mixed with deep emotion and joy, witnessing the achievements of our peer