Ethics Guidance Papers for Research with Children

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

This series of guidance papers – The Ethics of Research Involving Children: Common Questions, Potential Strategies and Useful Guidance – offers tailored commentary and links to useful resources to assist those undertaking research relating to children and childhood.

The six papers have been developed in conjunction with the University of Liverpool research ethics committee, by Dr Edmund Horowicz, Professor Helen Stalford and colleagues from the European Children’s Rights Unit, as an interdisciplinary research unit with a specific expertise in research involving children, and the National Centre for Research Methods.

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This series addresses some of these ethical issues and identify strategies to assist researchers in preparing and implementing ethically robust methodologies, particularly when conducting qualitative research with children. They are intended as a basic resource for all researchers at any level who are grappling with different ethical questions, with a view to encouraging thoughtful and rigorous ethics planning and supporting research of the utmost integrity.

Guidance Paper One

Introduction to the Ethics of Research Involving Children: Common Questions, Potential Strategies, and Useful Guidance.

Guidance Paper Two

Obtaining Consent in Research involving Children - Understanding the Legal and Ethical Framework.

Guidance Paper Three

Putting in Place Appropriate Safeguards for Research Involving Children.

Guidance Paper Four

Digital Methods of Working with Children Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities.

Guidance Paper Five

Recruiting Children for Research: How, Where and Why?

Guidance Paper Six

Confidentiality, Privacy, and the Protection of Children's Data.

 

For further support and information about ethics, please contact: slsjethics@liverpool.ac.uk.

We welcome enquiries from researchers with an interest in the ethics associated with conducting research with children. The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has a framework through which individuals can work alongside us, dependant on the nature the project.

Should you be interested in these opportunities or in collaboration with ECRU, please contact ECRU's director, Dr Eleanor Drywood.



 

 

 

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