Research ethics in practice: Challenges of using digital technology to embed the voices of children and young people within programs for fathers who use domestic violence.

Lamb, K., Humphreys, C., & Hegarty, K. (2021). Research ethics in practice: Challenges of using digital technology to embed the voices of children and young people within programs for fathers who use domestic violence. Research Ethics, 17(2), pp. 176-192. Abstract: There has been growing enthusiasm amongst those who undertake research with children, for the development […]

Ethical issues in participatory research with children and young people.

Water, T. (2018). Ethical issues in participatory research with children and young people. In I. Coyne & B. Carter (Eds.), Being Participatory: Researching with Children and Young People: Co-constructing Knowledge Using Creative Techniques (pp. 37-56). Cham: Springer International Publishing. Abstract: Research ethics is primarily concerned with the protection of human participants: that the research will […]

Youth participation in research on multiliteracies: Ethical perspectives.

Pienimäki, M., & Kotilainen, S. (2018). Youth participation in research on multiliteracies: Ethical perspectives. Media Education Journal, 8(1), pp. 115-132. Abstract: In research ethics, protecting the anonymity and privacy of research participants is the norm, especially vulnerable children and young people. By contrast, publicity and author- ship are key features of the participatory media culture […]

Participation as a methodological and ethical issue in child protection research.

Kiili, J., & Moilanen, J. (2019). Participation as a methodological and ethical issue in child protection research. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 143-161. Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how children have been involved in research activities in recent international child protection research and what kinds of ethical and methodological […]

Ethical sensitivity in co-production: Openness and doubt when young women participate in research.

Groven, K. S., Svendby, E. B., & Rugseth, G. (2020). Ethical sensitivity in co-production: Openness and doubt when young women participate in research. Health Care for Women International, 41(4), pp. 445-460. This article reflects upon an ‘ethically-important’ or ‘ethically-charged’ moment that arose in an interview with an adolescent participant involved in an obesity-reduction program. It […]

Challenging dominant notions of participation and protection through a co-led disabled young researcher study.

Brady, G., & Franklin, A. (2019). Challenging dominant notions of participation and protection through a co-led disabled young researcher study. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 174-185. Abstract: Purpose In the UK, the Children and Families Act aims to create one assessment process for children with special educational needs or disability, through Education, Health and […]

Co-producing and navigating consent in participatory research with young people.

Whittington, E. (2019). Co-producing and navigating consent in participatory research with young people. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 205-216. Abstract Purpose: Research within the fields of youth sexuality and safeguarding, and ethical governance more broadly, has traditionally prioritised risk aversion over the rights of young people to participate in and shape research. This excludes […]

Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools.

Jackson-Hollis, V. (2019). Qualitative research with primary school-aged children: Ethical and practical considerations of evalutaing a safeguarding programme in schools. Journal of Children’s Services, 14(3), pp. 194-204. Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the ethical and practical challenges of working with primary school-aged children to conduct qualitative service evaluations […]

Saying it like it is? Power, participation and research involving young people.

Davidson, E. (2017). Saying it like it is? Power, participation and research involving young people. Social Inclusion, 5(3). Available online. Abstract: Developments in the conceptualisation of childhood have prompted a fundamental shift in young people’s position within social research. Central to this has been the growing recognition of children’s agency within the landscapes of power […]

Doing it write: Representation and responsibility in writing up participatory research involving young people.

Wilkinson, C., & Wilkinson, S. (2017). Doing it write: Representation and responsibility in writing up participatory research involving young people. Social Inclusion, 5(3), pp. 219-227. Abstract: This article adopts a reflexive stance as the authors look back on their doctoral research projects; the first author exploring young people’s relationships with community radio, and the second […]