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 […]
18 years of ethics in child-computer interaction research: A systematic literature review.
Van Mechelen, M., Baykal, G. E., Dindler, C., Eriksson, E., & Iversen, O. S. (2020, June). 18 years of ethics in child-computer interaction research: A systematic literature review. In Proceedings of the interaction design and children conference (pp. 161-183). Abstract: Recent years have seen growing interest in ‘ethics’ within the Child-Computer Interaction (CCI) community. In […]
“This is not me”–A critical discussion about methodological issues concerning agency and participatory sense-making in qualitative research with children.
Bjorbækmo, W. S., Greve, A., & Asbjørnslett, M. (2022). “This is not me”–A critical discussion about methodological issues concerning agency and participatory sense-making in qualitative research with children. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21. This open access article explores and discusses children’s agency in the context of research. It draws on three situations recorded in […]
Responding reflexively, relationally, and reciprocally to unequal childhoods.
Sinha, P. (2023). Responding reflexively, relationally, and reciprocally to unequal childhoods. In Richards, S., & Coombs, S. (Eds.). Critical Perspectives on Research with Children (pp. 42-62). Bristol University Press: Bristol. Chapter Abstract: This chapter discusses childhood and research with children, particularly those living in peripheral countries or contexts of multiple disadvantages. It centres on reflexivity […]
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law.
Mathews, B., MacMillan, H. L., Meinck, F., Finkelhor, D., Haslam, D., Tonmyr, L., Gonzalez, A., Afifi, T.O., Scott, J.G., Pacella, R.E., Higgins, D.J., Thomas, H., Collin-Vézina, D., & Walsh, K. (2022). The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law. Child Abuse & Neglect, […]
Adolescent capacity to consent to participate in research: A review and analysis informed by law, human rights, ethics, and developmental science.
Mathews, B. (2023). Adolescent capacity to consent to participate in research: A review and analysis informed by law, human rights, ethics, and developmental science. Laws, 12(1), pp.1-49. This is an open-access article. Abstract reproduced below: Abstract: Contemporary societies pose major challenges for adolescents and it is essential to conduct research with them to understand their […]