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 […]
Ethics and consent in research with children and young people in global development.
Truscott, J., Canosa, A., & Graham, A. (2024). Ethics and consent in research with children and young people in global development. In Abebe, T., Dar, A., & Wells, K. (Eds.). Routledge Handbook of Childhood Studies and Global Development. Routledge: London. Chapter Abstract: This chapter reflects upon some of the ethical challenges of engaging children in […]
Informed consent as a situated research process in an ethnography of incarcerated youth in Denmark.
Bengtsson, T.T. (2019). Informed consent as a situated research process in an ethnography of incarcerated youth in Denmark. In Billett, P., Hart, M., & Martin, D. (Eds.). Complexities of Researching with Young People. Routledge: London. Chapter Abstract: This chapter examines the complexities of obtaining informed consent in an ethnographic study of incarcerated youth in Denmark. […]
Contrasting views of risk perception and influence of financial compensation between adolescent research participants and their parents.
Wiener, L., Viola, A., Wilfond, B., Wendler, D., & Grady, C. (2014). Contrasting views of risk perception and influence of financial compensation between adolescent research participants and their parents. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 10(1), pp. 49-58. In this paper the researchers interviewed a sample of 177 adolescents and a parent. Discordance […]
‘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 […]
Ethics committees and shaping of children’s participation in qualitative educational research in Chile.
Armijo, M., & Willatt, C. (2024). Ethics committees and shaping of children’s participation in qualitative educational research in Chile. Children & Society, 38(1), pp. 1-15. Abstract: In this paper, we address the relationship between ethics committees and children involved in qualitative educational research in Chile. In light of a central and recurring challenge (protection versus […]
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 […]
(De)colonising outcomes of community participation – a South African ethnography of ‘ethics in practice’
Brear, M. R., & Tsotetsi, C. T. (2022). (De)colonising outcomes of community participation – a South African ethnography of ‘ethics in practice.’ Qualitative Research, 22(6), pp.813-830. Abstract: Theoretically, community participation decolonises research ethics in settings where a ‘coloniality of power’ persists. We used ethnographic methods to document our experiences of ‘ethics in practice’, and interrogate […]
‘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 […]