Hendry, H., Teszenyi, E., Rodriguez-Leon, L., Maynes, M. L., Dorrian, J., & Edwards, T. (2025). Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: Attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 33(3), pp. 483–496.
In this paper, members of the Open University Early Childhood research group share and discuss different ethical tensions in research involving young children. These include the impact of research on non-participating children, the influence of the researcher and research tools, expressions of dissent during research, and adapting iteratively. From their discussions they identify six considerations for ethical attunement in early childhood research, which they offer as an ‘aide memoire’ for early childhood researchers.
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