Conducting research with children, ethically and effectively, to inform public policy
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Carroll, Penelope, Witten, Karen, Smith, Melody, Egli, Victoria, Mavoa, Suzanne and Kytta, Marketta. (2022). Conducting research with children, ethically and effectively, to inform public policy. In In Spencer, Grace (Ed.). Ethics and integrity in research with children and young people pp. 167-182 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2398-601820210000007016
Authors | Carroll, Penelope, Witten, Karen, Smith, Melody, Egli, Victoria, Mavoa, Suzanne and Kytta, Marketta |
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Editors | Spencer, Grace |
Abstract | The overarching aim of our research is the social and environmental sustainability of cities, with a focus on ensuring the rights and needs of the children who live in them are considered in policy and planning arenas. How do we, as researchers, work ethically and effectively with children to foreground their voices and produce robust evidence to inform policies and processes which promote their wellbeing in child-friendly cities, and in line with Sustainable Development Goals? Children have the right to be heard, and their views taken seriously, in policy and planning arenas. Conducting ethical and effective child-centred research requires balancing considerations of children’s rights to genuine participation and their rights to protection at all stages of the research process. This balance requires methodological flexibility and a situated ethical approach, where researchers and participants together determine appropriate research pathways. In this chapter, the authors reflect on ethical and methodological insights gained during a decade of conducting urban-related research with children. The various projects used different methods and provided different lessons; but common to all was an understanding of the importance of relationship-building, of supportive and engaged adults, and of methods which were respectful, age/culturally appropriate and ‘fit for purpose’. These factors are crucial to ethically enable the foregrounding of children’s voices, the collection of robust data and effective dissemination of research with children. |
Keywords | child-centred research; children's rights; participation; mixed methods; situated ethics; social justice |
Page range | 167-182 |
Year | 2022 |
Book title | Ethics and integrity in research with children and young people |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Place of publication | Bingley, United Kingdom |
Series | Advances in research ethics and integrity ; volume 7 |
ISBN | 9781800434011 |
9781800434004 | |
9781800434028 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1108/S2398-601820210000007016 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Nov 2021 |
2021 | |
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Deposited | 20 Apr 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8xv68/conducting-research-with-children-ethically-and-effectively-to-inform-public-policy
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