Recruiting young people to sensitive research: turning the ‘wheels within wheels.’

Turner, N., & Almack, K. (2017). Recruiting young people to sensitive research: turning the ‘wheels within wheels’. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20(5), pp. 485-497. Abstract: This article contributes to a growing literature that takes a more nuanced approach to exploring the complexities of relationships and negotiations with gatekeepers. Using our study of young […]

The challenges and opportunities of conducting PhD participatory action research on sensitive issues: Young people and sexting.

York, L., MacKenzie, A., & Purdy, N. (2021). The challenges and opportunities of conducting PhD participatory action research on sensitive issues: Young people and sexting. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 20(2), pp. 73-83. This paper presents the challenges and opportunities of using a participatory action research (PAR) methodology, including a young people’s advisory group, in […]

Adolescents’ experiences of participating in sensitive research: A scoping review of qualitative studies.

Neelakantan, L., Fry, D., Florian, L., & Meinck, F. (2023). Adolescents’ experiences of participating in sensitive research: A scoping review of qualitative studies. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 24(3), pp. 1405-1426. This scoping review reveals the benefits and burdens for adolescents participating in qualitative research on sensitive topics. Participants across the various studies included in the […]

Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: Navigating the methodological and ethical challenges.

Woodrow, N., Fairbrother, H., Crowder, M., Goyder, E., Griffin, N., Holding, E., & Quirk, H. (2022). Exploring inequalities in health with young people through online focus groups: navigating the methodological and ethical challenges. Qualitative Research Journal, 22(2), pp. 197-208. In this article the authors share the ethical and methodological challenges, and decisions made, in undertaking […]

The ethics of gatekeeping: How guarding access influences digital child and youth research.

Fecke, M., Fehr, A., Schlütz, D., & Zillich, A. F. (2022). The ethics of gatekeeping: How guarding access influences digital child and youth research. Media and communication, 10(1), pp. 361-370. Abstract: Digital child and youth research is often conducted in schools involving minors. Corresponding research designs raise two related sets of problems: Ethical issues with […]

A spy in the family: Trust in sensitive research with children.

Henze-Pedersen, S. (2021). A spy in the family: Trust in sensitive research with children. In Spencer, G. (Ed.). Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People: Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity. (pp. 135-148). Emerald Publishing Limited This chapter explores the ethical challenges related to the study of children in highly complex and […]

Embodying the least-adult role.

Garratt, L. (2021). Embodying the least‐adult role. British Educational Research Journal, 47(5), pp. 1194-1208. Abstract: The aim of this article is to emphasise physicality and embodiment in child-centred research, fieldwork and intellectual activity. It will argue that research is not a separate form of action, placing the researcher in a position of epistemological privilege, but […]

Methods, ethics, and cross-language considerations in research with ethnic minority children.

Chatham, R. E., & Mixer, S. J. (2021). Methods, ethics, and cross-language considerations in research with ethnic minority children. Nursing Research, 70(5), pp.383-390. This paper shares knowledge gained from conducting an ethnonursing research study focused on providing a voice for ethnic minority children in childhood obesity literature. The article abstract can be viewed via the […]

Research relationships and responsibilities: ‘Doing’ research with ‘vulnerable’ participants: Introduction to the special edition.

Von Benzon, N., & Van Blerk, L. (2019). Research relationships and responsibilities: ‘Doing’ research with ‘vulnerable’ participants: Introduction to the special edition. Social & Cultural Geography, 18(7), pp. 895-905. This article introduces a special edition of Social and Cultural Geography on ‘Doing’ research with ‘vulnerable’ participants. The authors describe that the “particularly unique contribution presented […]