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 […]
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 )