The complexities and contradictions in participatory research with vulnerable children and young people: A qualitative systematic review.
Bradbury-Jones, C., Isham, L., & Taylor, J. (2018). The complexities and contradictions in participatory research with vulnerable children and young people: A qualitative systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 215, pp. 80-91. Abstract: Participatory research carried out by or with children, has become a well-established and valuable part of the research landscape investigating children’s lives, […]
Ethics in categorizing ethnicity and disability in research with children.
Thorjussen, I. M., & Wilhelmsen, T. (2020). Ethics in categorizing ethnicity and disability in research with children. Societies, 10(1). Abstract: The use of categories is a contested subject in social sciences. The use of social categories allows researchers to explore similarities, differences, and inequalities between groups of people. However, by using social categories, researchers run […]
Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story?
Spencer, N. L., Peers, D., & Eales, L. (2020). Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story? In J. A. Haegele, Hodge, S.R., Shapiro, D.R. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Adapted Physical Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. This chapter builds upon other work by the authors in this space and discusses the conceptual frameworks underpinning […]
Confessions of an inadequate researcher: Space and supervision in research with learning disabled children.
von Benzon, N. (2017). Confessions of an inadequate researcher: Space and supervision in research with learning disabled children. Social & Cultural Geography, 18(7), pp. 1039-1058. Abstract: Location is often at the fore of decision-making regarding fieldwork and choice of methods. However, little research has directly discussed the importance of the choice of site in the […]
‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands.
Luchtenberg, M. L., Maeckelberghe, E. L. M., & Verhagen, A. E. (2020). ‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands. BMJ Open, 10(8), e034433. Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a new approach to paediatric research whereby we involved children […]
Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta.
Mercieca, D., & Jones, P. (2018). Use of a reference group in researching children’s views of psychotherapy in Malta. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 44(2), pp. 243-262. This paper offers a critical examination of the positive and negative issues inherent in the nature and conduct of a children’s research advisory group in the context of practitioner […]
An analytical tool to help researchers develop partnerships with children and adolescents.
Shier, H. (2019). An analytical tool to help researchers develop partnerships with children and adolescents. In I. Berson, M. Berson, & C. Gray (Eds.), Participatory methodologies to elevate children’s voice and agency (pp. 295-316). Charlotte NC: Information Age. Chapter Abstract: All researchers whose research involves children and adolescents have decisions to make about how and […]
Involving children and young people in clinical research through the forum of a European Young Persons’ Advisory Group: Needs and challenges.
Gaillard, S., Malik, S., Preston, J., Escalera, B. N., Dicks, P., Touil, N., Mardirossian, S., Claverol-Torres, J., & Kassaï, B. (2018). Involving children and young people in clinical research through the forum of a European Young Persons’ Advisory Group: Needs and challenges. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology, 32(4), pp. 357-362. In line with the expansion of […]
Research into the views of two child reference groups on the arts in research concerning wellbeing.
Jones, P., Mercieca, D., & Munday, E. (2020). Research into the views of two child reference groups on the arts in research concerning wellbeing. Arts & Health, 12(1), pp. 53-70. This paper draws on insights from youth participants involved in two young people’s research advisory groups (one in the Malta the other in the UK). […]
Child-Led Research: Questioning Knowledge.
Cuevas-Parra, P., & Tisdall, E. K. M. (2019). Child-Led Research: Questioning Knowledge. Social Sciences, 8(2), pp. 44-59. This open access article draws upon an empirical study of ‘child-led research’ projects, undertaken in Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon, for a critical examination of the meanings and implications of ‘child-led research’. In particular, this paper explores what counts […]