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 […]
Faceless, voiceless child – Ethics of visual anonymity in research with children and young people.
Korkiamäki, R., & Kaukko, M. (2023). Faceless, voiceless child – Ethics of visual anonymity in research with children and young people. Childhood, 30(1), pp. 55-70. Abstract: The anonymisation of research participants is a standardised ethical practice, but researchers sometimes struggle to find an ethical balance between the practice of anonymisation and participants’ wishes to reveal […]
Prioritising children and young people with disability in research about domestic and family violence: Methodological, ethical and pragmatic reflections.
Robinson, S., Foley, K., Moore, T., Valentine, K., Burton, J., Marshall, A., O’Donnell, M. & Brebner, C. (2023). Prioritising children and young people with disability in research about domestic and family violence: Methodological, ethical and pragmatic reflections. Journal of Family Violence, 38, pp.1191-1204. Abstract: Purpose The perspectives of children and young people with disability who […]
Ethical provocations for early childhood research.
Flewitt, R. (2022). Ethical provocations for early childhood research. In Kumpulainen, K., Kajama, A., Erstad, O., Mäkitalo, Å., Drotner, K., & Jakobsdóttir, S. (Eds.). Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age, Chapter 19 (pp. 207-213). Routledge: Oxon / New York. ISBN: 9780367702526. Book description: This book adds to the international research literature on contemporary Nordic childhoods […]
Research ethics and digitising early childhood.
Dobson, M., Murcia, K., Gifkins, K., & Holloway, D. (2021). Research Ethics and Digitising Early Childhood. In: Holloway, D., Willson, M., Murcia, K., Archer, C., Stocco, F. (Eds). Young Children’s Rights in a Digital World. Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, vol 23. Springer: Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-65915-8. e-ISBN: 978-3-030-65916-5. Abstract: Research focusing on young children and […]
Ethics and researching young children’s digital literacy practices.
Flewitt, R. (2019). Ethics and researching young children’s digital literacy practices. In Erstad, O., Flewitt, R., Kümmerling-Meibauer, B., & Pereira, Í.S.(Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Digital Literacies in Early Childhood (Chapter 4). Routledge: London. ebook ISBN: 9780203730638. Chapter Abstract: This chapter considers the ethics of doing research about young children’s offline and online digital literacy […]