1 The ethical implications of a methodological conundrum: The problem of the researcher’s dominant position in cross cultural refugee research Dr Marinella Marmo Cite as Marmo, M. (2013). The Ethical Implications of the Researcher's Dominant Position in Cross-Cultural Refugee Research. In Karen Block, Elisha Riggs, Nick Haslam, ed. Values and Vulnerabilities: The Ethics of Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Toowong, QLD: Australian Academic Press, pp. 85-102. Introduction This chapter aims to explore the role of the criminology researcher who seeks to conduct qualitative and ethical research with refugees in crisis condition. It is argued that the researcher already promotes, albeit in an implicit manner, an ethical