‘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 […]
Re-examining ethical challenges of using ethnography to understand decision-making in family caregiving networks of children with feeding tubes.
Loftus, S. (2022). Re-examining ethical challenges of using ethnography to understand decision-making in family caregiving networks of children with feeding tubes. Children’s Geographies, Published Online Ahead of Print, pp.1-13. Abstract: Researching the experiences of children reliant on family caregivers is methodologically and ethically challenging. Conducting feminist digital ethnography within this context requires rethinking established feminist […]
Child focused research: Disconnected and disembodied voices.
Cooper, V. (2023). Child focused research: Disconnected and disembodied voices. Childhood, 30(1), pp.71-85. Abstract: Voice represents a commitment to child focused studies which provide insights into childhood. This builds upon the assumption that voice equates to authenticity and that children’s words can speak for themselves. These claims remain disputed and more could be done to […]
Relational ethics, informed consent, and informed assent in participatory research with children with complex communication needs.
Van Goidsenhoven, L., & De Schauwer, E. (2022). Relational ethics, informed consent, and informed assent in participatory research with children with complex communication needs. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 64(11), pp.1323-1329. Abstract: There is a need for qualitative participatory research involving children with intellectual disability and complex communication needs (CCNs), but procedural ethics cannot always […]
Interdisciplinary perspectives: ethical issues and child research.
Hopkins, P. E., & Bell, N. (2008). Interdisciplinary perspectives: ethical issues and child research. Children’s Geographies, 6(1), pp.1-6. In this editorial for the journal, Children’s Geographies, Hopkins and Bell take an interdisciplinary perspective, sharing the growth in discourse around ethics in research involving children. Please see the Publisher’s Link below. ( Publisher’s Link )
Research ethics in childhood research.
Hanson, K., Spyrou, S., (Moderators). (2023). Research ethics in childhood research. Childhood, 30(4), pp. 1-17. Abstract: The journal Childhood has been one of the pioneering fora where children and childhood have been given a prominent place in research, both through considering childhood as an autonomous social group worthy of investigation and by relying on children’s […]
Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts.
Powell, M. A., Krishnamurthy, S., Chan, L., Tisdall, E. K. M., Rizzini, I., & Nuggehalli, R. K. (2023). Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts. Children’s Geographies, Published Online Ahead of Print, pp.1-15. Abstract: While institutional ethics are crucial, their application on the ground often creates tensions with […]
From childhood studies to childism: Reconstructing the scholarly and social imaginations.
Wall, J. (2022). From childhood studies to childism: Reconstructing the scholarly and social imaginations. Children’s Geographies, 20(3), pp.257-270. Abstract: This article proposes a new lens or prism called childism for critiquing the deeply engrained adultism that pervades scholarship and societies and reconstructing more age-inclusive research and social imaginations. Childism grows out of childhood studies but […]
The impact of the school space on research methodology, child participation and safety: Views from children in Zanzibar.
Fay, F. (2018). The impact of the school space on research methodology, child participation and safety: Views from children in Zanzibar. Children’s Geographies, 16(4), pp.405-417. Abstract: This paper discusses the impact of school environments as research spaces on participatory research methods, children’s agency and safety. The article draws on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork on […]
Managing ethics when working with young people and children.
Russell, L. Barley, R. & Tummons J. (Eds.) (2022). Ethics, Ethnography and Education (Studies in Educational Ethnography, Vol. 19). Emerald Publishing Limited: Bingley. Example Chapter Abstract (pp29-47): All research has the potential to affect people, ethnographers delve into the life of the every day of their participants, they walk their walk, talk their talk and […]