Library
The ERIC library contains over 900 peer-reviewed academic and NGO / industry publications on undertaking ethical research involving children. New publications are added regularly. Browse the most recent additions below.
Empowering voices: Implementing ethical practices for young children’s assent in digital research.
Mirabella, A. M., Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2025). Empowering voices: Implementing ethical practices for young children’s assent in digital research. Education Sciences, 15(5), 571. This is an open access
‘Wow, it were like wow’: The importance and opportunity of researchers feeding back research output and being fed back upon with care experienced young people.
Matthews, T. (2026). ‘Wow, it were like wow’: The importance and opportunity of researchers feeding back research output and being fed back upon with care experienced young people. Children & Society, 40(4),
Beyond compliance: Reframing research ethics with children in vulnerable positions through recognition and moral duty.
Blessed-Sayah, S. (2026). Beyond compliance: Reframing research ethics with children in vulnerable positions through recognition and moral duty. Childhood, 33(3), pp. 511-528. Abstract: Procedural ethics often proves insufficient for research involving children
Ethical considerations: Play for fun and play for data collection.
Dockett, S. (2021). Ethical considerations: Play for fun and play for data collection. In Arnott, L., & Wall, K. (Eds.). Research through Play: Participatory Methods in Early Childhood. London: Sage. In a
‘What do you do if they all say no?’: (Re)negotiating ongoing assent with young children.
Paxman, T. (2025). ‘What do you do if they all say no?’: (Re)negotiating ongoing assent with young children. Ethnography and Education, Published On-line Ahead of print, pp. 1–14. This paper offers an
Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: Attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation.
Hendry, H., Teszenyi, E., Rodriguez-Leon, L., Maynes, M. L., Dorrian, J., & Edwards, T. (2025). Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: Attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation. European
Ethical considerations of children’s involvement in school-based research: balancing children’s provision, protection, and participation rights.
Robinson, C. (2025). Ethical considerations of children’s involvement in school-based research: Balancing children’s provision, protection, and participation rights. Research Ethics, 21(3), pp. 480-502. Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Picturing informed consent: Exploring participatory visual methods to enhance meaningful consent conversations with young people.
Thompson, J. A., Gonzalez, E., & Ruiz-Casares, M. (2025). Picturing informed consent: Exploring participatory visual methods to enhance meaningful consent conversations with young people. Research Ethics, Published Online Ahead of Print. Abstract:
The Research Ethics Tree: engaging children and young people with research ethics using an interactive tool.
Robinson, L. (2025). The Research Ethics Tree: engaging children and young people with research ethics using an interactive tool. Journal of Creative Research Methods, 1(1), pp. 158-166. This open access research note
“It helped me feel like a researcher”: Reflections on a capacity-building program to support teens as co-researchers on a participatory project.
Nelson Ferguson, K., Coen, S. E., & Gilliland, J. (2025). “It helped me feel like a researcher”: Reflections on a capacity-building program to support teens as co-researchers on a participatory project. Journal
A tale of two Youth Expert Groups (YEGs): Learnings from youth activism in research in India and Brazil.
Krishnamurthy, S., Chan, L., Powell, M. A., Tisdall, E. K. M., Rizzini, I., Nuggehalli, R. K., Tauro, A. & Palavalli, B. (2023). A tale of two Youth Expert Groups (YEGs): Learnings from
Standardising training for young people’s research advisory groups.
Tsang, V. W., Simkin, G., & Stevens, K. (2023). Standardising training for young people’s research advisory groups. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7(11), pp. 760-761. This article explores the expansion of,
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