Critical Perspectives on Research with Children: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity

This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries, and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical examples from Israel, India, Thailand, and England, expert contributors discuss a range of topics including online safety, disabilities, gang membership, safeguarding, sexting, and child prostitution. This book guides childhood research towards a more reflexive debate that critically challenges conventions, and highlights plurality of voice.

Sarah Richards is Associate Professor and Head of the Suffolk Doctoral College at the University of Suffolk. Sarah Coombs is Visiting Senior Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Suffolk.