Young Researchers: Guidance.

Brady, L-M. & Graham, B. (2022). Young Researchers: Guidance. Ilford: Barnardo’s. Description: This Guidance and an associated Toolkit were commissioned by Barnardo’s to provide researchers, project workers and others with clear guidance and tools to use when supporting children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to be young researchers. The Guidance provides […]

Youth co-research toolkit.

The Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (Australia). (First published in 2022). Youth co-research toolkit. Available online (see link below). The resources in this toolkit provide information, advice and resources to build young people’s confidence and skills as co-researchers. It will help strengthen reflexive conversations amongst research teams, strengthen young people’s experiences of being a […]

‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands.

Luchtenberg, M. L., Maeckelberghe, E. L. M., & Verhagen, A. E. (2020). ‘I actually felt like I was a researcher myself.’ On involving children in the analysis of qualitative paediatric research in the Netherlands. BMJ Open, 10(8), e034433. Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a new approach to paediatric research whereby we involved children […]

Co-researching with children in the time of COVID-19: Shifting the narrative on methodologies to generate knowledge.

Cuevas-Parra, P. (2020). Co-researching with children in the time of COVID-19: Shifting the narrative on methodologies to generate knowledge. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, pp.1-12. This article reflects on the ethical and methodological complexities, as well as the benefits, of co-researching with children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shares insights from […]

Inclusion and representation issues with child researchers in Uganda. By Clare Feinstein & Claire O’Kane

You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. From September 2006 – October 2008 Save the Children Norway supported children and young people’s participation in a thematic evaluation on children’s participation in armed conflict, post-conflict and peace building in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Guatemala, Nepal, and Uganda. […]

Because ‘grown-ups don’t always get it right’: Allyship with children in research – from research question to authorship.

Maynard, E., Barton, S., Rivett, K., Maynard, O., & Davies, W. (2021). Because ‘grown-ups don’t always get it right’: Allyship with children in research – from research question to authorship. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 18(4), pp.518-536. This paper reflects on a project that was fully co-constructed with children, with adults who guided them through planning, […]