Ethical challenges in participatory research with children and youth.
Loveridge, J., Wood, B. E., Davis-Rae, E., & McRae, H. (2024). Ethical challenges in participatory research with children and youth. Qualitative Research, 24(2), pp. 391-411. Abstract: The growth of relational, participatory, collaborative and emergent research approaches in recent years has brought new ethical challenges for research with children and youth. These approaches require greater consideration […]
Adults’ ad hoc practices in interviews with children-Ethical considerations in the context of adultness and generational ordering.
Velten, K., & Höke, J. (2023). Adults’ ad hoc practices in interviews with children-Ethical considerations in the context of adultness and generational ordering. Childhood, 30(1), pp.86-103. Abstract: The paper reflects on researchers’ adultness in the context of two central motifs that accompany interview research with children, “ascertaining children’s perspectives” and “meeting research objectives (the researcher’s […]
Co‐creation of information materials within the assent process: From theory to practice.
Fons‐Martinez, J., Ferrer‐Albero, C., & Diez‐Domingo, J. (2023). Co‐creation of information materials within the assent process: From theory to practice. Health Expectations, 26(1), pp.429-439. Abstract: The informed consent process is key to safeguarding the autonomy of the participant in medical research. For this process to be valid, the information presented to the potential participant should […]
Ethics committees and shaping of children’s participation in qualitative educational research in Chile.
Armijo, M., & Willatt, C. (2024). Ethics committees and shaping of children’s participation in qualitative educational research in Chile. Children & Society, 38(1), pp. 1-15. Abstract: In this paper, we address the relationship between ethics committees and children involved in qualitative educational research in Chile. In light of a central and recurring challenge (protection versus […]
How can a researcher minimise causing harm when conducting interviews with particularly vulnerable children in longitudinal research?
Buchanan, D. (2024). How can a researcher minimise causing harm when conducting interviews with particularly vulnerable children in longitudinal research?. Children & Society, 38(2), pp. 349-364. Abstract: Using original data, this article explores the ethical issues that arose during a school ‘life histories’ study of ‘lower-attaining’ of 23 primary school pupils in England, from age […]
Social research and the privacy and participation of children: Reflections on researching Australian children’s playlore.
Darian‐Smith, K., & Henningham, N. (2014). Social research and the privacy and participation of children: Reflections on researching Australian children’s playlore. Children & Society, 28(4), pp. 327-338. Abstract: Social research into the daily activities of children is important if we are to understand how children perceive themselves in relationship to their world. Ethically managed social […]
Negotiating power dynamics through co‐reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities.
El Gemayel, S. M., & Salema, Y. (2023). Negotiating power dynamics through co‐reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities. Children & Society, 37(5), pp. 1596-1611. Abstract: This paper addresses how unequal power dynamics in research with young children in disadvantaged communities can be negotiated through co-reflexivity. It explores this through two different projects, […]
Feminist ethicality in child-animal research: Worlding through complex stories.
Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., & Blaise, M. (2021). Feminist ethicality in child-animal research: worlding through complex stories. Children’s Geographies, Published Online Ahead of Print, pp. 1-12. Abstract: Thinking with feminist scholarship on ethicality, this article draws from two ethnographies with animal and young children to outline new questions for doing research in children’s geographies. Specifically, the article […]
Ethical issues, research and vulnerability: gaining the views of children and young people in residential care.
Kendrick, A., Steckley, L., & Lerpiniere, J. (2008). Ethical issues, research and vulnerability: gaining the views of children and young people in residential care. Children’s Geographies, 6 (1). pp.79-93. Abstract: Children and young people in residential care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. They may have experienced violence and physical, sexual or […]
‘Tell me your story’: Applied ethics in narrative research with young fathers.
Reeves, J. (2007). ‘Tell me your story’: Applied ethics in narrative research with young fathers. Children’s Geographies, 5(3), pp.253-265. Abstract: There has been a significant increase of interest in parents who are considered to be outside of normative discourses; specifically the ‘moral panic’ relating to an increase in the demography of teenage mothers in the […]
