Ethics and Integrity in Research with Children and Young People

Grace Spencer is a Ruskin Fellow at the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

• Introduction: Ethics and integrity in research with children and young people; Grace Spencer Part One: Children and young people’s participation in research – navigating tricky ethical moments Chapter 1. Beyond agree or disagree: A consent story and storytelling for Indonesian children; Fitri Arlinkasari, Debra Flanders Cushing, and Evonne Miller Chapter 2. Assent or consent? Engaging children in ethnographic study; Ruth Barley Chapter 3. Negotiating youth-centred research: Ethical reflections on research with young people in rural and urban spaces in Nigeria; Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam Chapter 4. Ethically sensitive research with ‘children’ and ‘adults’ in custody; Jayne Price Chapter 5. Ethical considerations for doing research with, and in relation to, disabled children; Gillian Parekh, Kathryn Underwood, and Abneet Atwal Part Two: Adult/child power relations and positionality – ethics, emotions and the building trust Chapter 6. Ethics of positionality in capturing Adivasi youth ‘voices’ in a village community in India; Gunjan Wadhwa Chapter 7. A balanced approach to ethics in ethnography; Emma Davidson and Christina McMellonChapter 8. Research with child street traders: building trust and sensitivity; Sarah Burch and Abiodun Blessing Osaiyuwu Chapter 9. A Spy in the Family: trust in sensitive research with children; Sofie Henze-Pedersen Part Three: Children and young people as knowledge producers and the ethics of representation and research dissemination Chapter 10. Children as Co-Researchers: A Transdisciplinary and Participatory Process; Zoe Moody, Frédéric Darbellay, Sara Camponovo, Ayuko Berchtold-Sedooka, and Philip D. Jaffé Chapter 11. Conducting research with children, ethically and effectively, to inform public policy; Penelope Carroll, Karen Witten, Melody Smith, Victoria Egli, Suzanne Mavoa, and Marketta Kytta Chapter 12. Children and young people who migrate – representing and (re)producing vulnerabilities through research; Grace Spencer, Ernestina Dankyi, Stephen O. Kwankye, and Jill Thompson Chapter 13. Ethical Considerations in Drama-Based Research with Children and Young People; Abigail ShabtayChapter 14. A Metacritical Reflection on Academic Writing with Child Researchers; Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and Mateusz MareckiConclusion: Meeting the ethical challenges in research with children and young people; Grace Spencer