Research Toolbox

ECRU has developed various resources and practices of value to researchers working on children's rights or interested in gaining a children and youth's perspective for research in other fields.

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Ethics Guidance Papers for Research with Children

ECRU members have developed a series of short guidance papers to support researchers working in the field of children and childhood in preparing applications for ethics approval.

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Children in Theory: Theoretical Methods and Approaches to the Study of Childhood

This project provides a series of online resources which allow students, postgraduate researchers, early career lecturers, and senior academics an opportunity to explore key methods and approaches in political and social theory, and how these apply and support research and policy on children and childhood.
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Young Persons Advisory Group (YPAG)

ECRU runs the University of Liverpool Young Persons Advisory Group (YPAG) which brings together local children and young people to provide input into research projects of relevance to children.

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Trauma-informed approach to research

Resources guided by lessons from both practice and lived experiences.