Communicating with gatekeepers in UK educational settings. By Alice Little
You can download this case study as a pdf here. In the Spring of 2022 I joined a team of researchers exploring issues surrounding school toilet use in English schools. The project was funded by the Gender and Education Society and
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
‘Your life looks like a fairytale’ : Challenges in building rapport with children and youth in contexts of protracted conflict. By Cadhla Fiona o’Sullivan
You can download this case study as a pdf here. My PhD research, titled 'Artisans of Peace', was conducted in the post conflict environment of Bogotá, Colombia. It consisted of an Arts based intervention with children and youth (ages 6-18) across
Using the Narrative Approach to informed consent to empower young children and their educators
You can download this case study as a pdf here. Conducting research with young children is a complex process with many stakeholders and ethical considerations to navigate. One of the most enduring challenges we tend to encounter is how to engage
Research ethics committee conditions: Ethical challenges of researching with poor communities in Malawi. By Elsbeth Robson
You can download this case study as a pdf here. As an international academic team we have been engaged with researching African household and young people’s livelihood trajectories in a Malawian village since 2007. Intermittently over more than a decade we
Developing an ethical and reflexive mindset in emerging childhood researchers. By Daniella Bendo and Paige Sheridan
You can download this case study as a pdf here. As thinking and practice has grown around ethical research involving children, so too has the need to train and equip new researchers with relevant knowledge and the associated mindsets. However, developing
Navigating disability identity and language in research involving children and young people. By Fathimath Shiraani
You can download this case study as a pdf here. Despite contemporary tourism research being more inclusive of previously neglected groups, the views of children with disability are still largely absent, reflecting a disregard for both their agency and voice. My
Interviewing young people on sensitive topics: An iterative approach. By Tim Moore, Jodi Death & Steven Roche
You can download this case study as pdf here. In 2015, a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established to understand the nature and extent of sexual abuse that occurred in Australian institutions and to determine ways
Incidental brain findings in neuroimaging research. By Sebastián J. Lipina
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. Incidental brain findings (IBFs) are brain abnormalities with no outward symptoms that are detected in healthy children and adults during their participation
Negotiating confidentiality, privacy and consent in focus groups with children and young people. By Tim Moore
You can download this case study as a pdf here. In 2015, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse contracted us to complete a study to understand what children need to be safe and feel safe in