Picturing informed consent: Exploring participatory visual methods to enhance meaningful consent conversations with young people.
Thompson, J. A., Gonzalez, E., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2025). Picturing informed consent: Exploring participatory visual methods to enhance meaningful consent conversations with young people. Research Ethics, Published Online Ahead of Print. Abstract: Informed consent (IC) is a cornerstone of ethical research, ensuring participants are informed and provide voluntary agreement to participate. Yet IC remains complex, […]
The Research Ethics Tree: engaging children and young people with research ethics using an interactive tool.
Robinson, L. (2025). The Research Ethics Tree: engaging children and young people with research ethics using an interactive tool. Journal of Creative Research Methods, 1(1), pp. 158-166. This open access research note shares the ‘Research Ethics Tree,’ a tool created to meaningfully engage children and young people in on-going, interactive conversations about informed consent and […]
Methods and ethics in qualitative research exploring young children’s voice: A systematic review.
Sun, Y., Blewitt, C., Edwards, S., Fraser, A., Newman, S., Cornelius, J., & Skouteris, H. (2023). Methods and ethics in qualitative research exploring young children’s voice: A systematic review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. This systematic review examined studies that sought to capture young children’s (3–6 years) voice in Early Childhood Education and Care […]
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 […]
A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children.
Quinones, G., Rutanen, N., & Revilla, Y. L. (2023). A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 42, Art No: 100756. Abstract: Participatory studies involving children are a growing topic of debate concerning research on early childhood education and care (ECEC). Developments in ethnographic methods and the use […]
‘But, what is a researcher?’ Developing a novel ethics resource to support informed consent with young children.
Truscott, J. & Benton, L. (2024). ‘But, what is a researcher?’ Developing a novel ethics resource to support informed consent with young children. Children’s Geographies, 22(3), pp. 396-403. Abstract: Young children are generally unfamiliar with the notion of research, which can generate ethical discomfort when seeking their consent to participate in it. Taking informed consent […]
Co‐creation of information materials within the assent process: From theory to practice.
Fons‐Martinez, J., Ferrer‐Albero, C., & Diez‐Domingo, J. (2023). Co‐creation of information materials within the assent process: From theory to practice. Health Expectations, 26(1), pp.429-439. Abstract: The informed consent process is key to safeguarding the autonomy of the participant in medical research. For this process to be valid, the information presented to the potential participant should […]
Relational ethics, informed consent, and informed assent in participatory research with children with complex communication needs.
Van Goidsenhoven, L., & De Schauwer, E. (2022). Relational ethics, informed consent, and informed assent in participatory research with children with complex communication needs. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 64(11), pp.1323-1329. Abstract: There is a need for qualitative participatory research involving children with intellectual disability and complex communication needs (CCNs), but procedural ethics cannot always […]
Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent.
Weisleder, P. (2020). Helping them decide: A scoping review of interventions used to help minors understand the concept and process of assent. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8. This mini review article reviews the concepts of assent and dissent in relation to their application in medical research. It also reviews to evaluate children and young people’s capacities […]
‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts.
Kirby, P., (2020). ‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), pp. 811-828. Abstract: This article examines the limits to children giving research consent in everyday school contexts that emphasises their conformity to comply with adult expectations, and highlights children’s competence […]