Navigating complexity, risk and benefit in ‘sensitive’ research with children
Helen Beckett, Camille Warrington, Claire Soares What’s the issue? Whilst there is a growing recognition of the importance of involving children and young people in research, this does not yet equally extend to all areas of research or all groups of children and young people. This is particularly true of research on topics that are […]
The ethics of risk research in the time of COVID-19: Ethnography at a distance in privileging the well-being of girls and young women in the context of gender-based violence in rural South Africa.
Mitchell,C., Moletsane, R., & Daryanani, D. (2022). The ethics of risk research in the time of COVID-19: Ethnography at a distance in privileging the well-being of girls and young women in the context of gender-based violence in rural South Africa. In: Brown, P.R., Zinn, J.O. (eds) Covid-19 and the Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty. Critical […]
But, what is a researcher?: Supporting informed consent with young children. By Laura Benton and Julia Truscott
You can download this case study as a pdf here. It is now common practice to seek children’s own consent for research participation, alongside (usually) that of a parent or guardian. This is advocated in the ERIC Charter and also represents a commitment to children’s rights, as laid out in the United Nations Convention on […]
Youth reflections on ethics in research and practice: a case study of youth born of genocidal rape in Rwanda.
Denov, M., D’Amico, M., Linds, W., Mitchell, C. & Mosseau, N. (2023). Youth reflections on ethics in research and practice: a case study of youth born of genocidal rape in Rwanda, Journal of Youth Studies, 26(9), pp.1240-1255. This paper draws on the voices and perspectives of youth affected by the genocide in Rwanda who were […]
