More for Children: Rights-based methodology for research with children about poverty.
Bessell, S. and O’Sullivan, C. (2024). More for Children: Rights-based methodology for research with children about poverty. Canberra: The Children’s Policy Centre, The Australian National University. More for Children is a program of transformative research that is building our understanding of children’s experiences of poverty to bring change and, ultimately, contribute to ending child poverty […]
Children’s voices for change: Co-researching with children and young people as family violence experts by experience.
Dimopoulos, G., Horley, K., Anderson, T., & Liam. (2024). Children’s voices for change: Co-researching with children and young people as family violence experts by experience. Childhood, Published Online Ahead of Print. Abstract: Researching with children and young people on topics that are considered to be ‘sensitive’, such as family violence, trauma and abuse, continues to […]
Taking the perspective of the child in the light of micro-ethical issues: Reflections from a home-based ethnographic research.
Chapeau J. & Join-Lambert, H. (2023). Taking the perspective of the child in the light of micro-ethical issues: Reflections from a home-based ethnographic research. Children and Youth Services Review, 155, Art No: 107145. Abstract: This article draws from ongoing PhD research investigating an innovative child protection practice in France called “at-home placements.” While the researcher […]
Unpacking the ethics of access and safety of participants and researchers of child sexual abuse in Ghana.
Markwei, U., & Tetteh, P. M. (2021). Unpacking the ethics of access and safety of participants and researchers of child sexual abuse in Ghana. Children’s Geographies, 19(4), pp. 379-389. Abstract: Despite the generous legislative environments that protects children from sexual abuse, the magnitude of child sexual abuse has not changed much in most societies across […]
Technologies of nonviolence: Ethical participatory visual research with girls
Treffry-Goatley, A., Wiebesiek, L., Lange, N. d., & Moletsane, R. (2017). Technologies of nonviolence: Ethical participatory visual research with girls. Girlhood Studies, 10(2), pp. 45-61. This article shares ethical and methodological insights from a study on girl-led policy making to address sexual violence in Canada and South Africa. A key dilemma was the co-researcher participants’ […]
Too vulnerable to participate? Challenges for meaningful participation in research with children in alternative care and adoption.
Garcia-Quiroga, M., & Agoglia, I. S. (2020). Too vulnerable to participate? Challenges for meaningful participation in research with children in alternative care and adoption. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19 Published Online Ahead of Print. This article analyses many of the challenges of undertaking research with children living in alternative care and offers ways to […]
Consent for research on violence against children: Dilemmas and contradictions.
Martins, P. C., & Sani, A. I. (2020). Consent for research on violence against children: Dilemmas and contradictions. Societies, 10(1), 15. Abstract: The increasing visibility of violence involving children has led to a recognition of the need to research its underlying dynamics. As a result, we now have a better understanding of the complexities involved […]
Children’s participation in research on sensitive topics: Addressing concerns of decision-makers.
Powell, M. A., Graham, A., McArthur, M., Moore, T., Chalmers, J., & Taplin, S. (2020). Children’s participation in research on sensitive topics: Addressing concerns of decision-makers. Children’s Geographies, 18(3), pp. 325-338. Abstract: Although there is general agreement about children?s engagement in social research, some researchers continue to experience challenges when seeking approval and support for […]
Children and young people’s decision-making in social research about sensitive issues.
Moore, T., McArthur, M., Graham, A., Chalmers, J., Powell, M. A., & Taplin, S. (2020). Children and young people’s decision-making in social research about sensitive issues. Children’s Geographies, 19(6), pp. 689-704. Abstract: Limited attention has been given to what motivates and informs children and young people’s decision to participate (or not) in social research, especially […]
Interviewing young people on sensitive topics: An iterative approach. By Tim Moore, Jodi Death & Steven Roche
You can download this case study as pdf here. In 2015, a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established to understand the nature and extent of sexual abuse that occurred in Australian institutions and to determine ways that past failures might be avoided into the future. In addition to private sessions […]
