Ethical Research with Children

Sarah Richards is a Senior Lecturer at University Campus Suffolk, UK. Her research interests include ethnographic approaches to research, intercountry adoption policy, and stories and narratives of belonging. She has worked most recently producing a working paper on children's best interests for proposed amendments to the Hague Convention of Intercountry Adoption 2015. Jessica Clark is a Senior Lecturer at University Campus Suffolk, UK. She is a sociologist publishing in the fields of sexualisation, children's sexual cultures and contemporary boyhoods. Jessica is committed to sex and sexuality, embodiment and ethical debates in childhood and youth research. Allison Boggis is Senior Lecturer at University Campus Suffolk, UK. She has a particular interest in researching with marginalized groups and has extensive research experience with disabled children and young people. Her innovative and creative methodologies have attracted national and internationalattention. Her current research interests include e-safety, disability and ethics.

“Ethical Research with Children: Untold Narratives and Taboos is a thought-provoking book which illuminates a range of ethical dilemmas that arise in doing research with children. … this book is a must-read for researchers aiming to engage with the complexities of navigating research with children and their families.” (Tamara Borovica, Children’s Geographies, Vol. 15 (5), 2017)

• Introduction 1. Boundaries and Battlegrounds: Negotiating Formal Ethical Approval for Research with Children and Young People 2. Ethical Spaces and Places 3. The Rights of Participation and the Realities of Inclusion 4. The Illusion of Autonomy: From Agency to Interdependency 5. Ramifications of Category Entitlement: In What Ways Does Who We Are Determine What We Say? 6. Privileging Voices Conclusion