Ethical Considerations for Interactional Research with Children
Jessica Lester and Michelle O’Reilly discuss ethics in sensitive research with children and youth, and offer practical tips.
Inclusive Methods for Research Across Ages and Abilities
Find a collection of posts about research across ages and abilities, with lots of open-access examples.
Researching Family Narratives
Ann Phoenix, Julia Brannen, Corinne Squire discuss their book, Researching Family Narratives.
Collecting Data Online in Research with Children
How can you conduct online research with children and youth? Here are some open-access examples.
Children Are Capable and Competent Yet Potentially Vulnerable
Dr. Maria Lahman offers practical advice for anyone interested in studying children, or engaging them as co-researchers.
Research with Older and Elderly Adults
What methods fit studies with older participants? This collection of open-access articles offers a range of options.
Online Research with Children: Cultivating Better Practice with the Beauty of Hindsight
Louise Couceiro discusses lessons learned from an online study conducted with children.
Research with Children and Youth
Thinking about research with children and/or youth? Learn about different types of studies from this collection of articles.
Creative and Participatory Methods for Studying Youth
This collection of open-access SAGE journal articles show a variety of creative and participatory methods used when studying youth.
Is It Time to Believe in the Role of Make-Believe in Young Children’s Developing Self-Regulation?
Dr. Laura Berk discusses methodologies needed to study children and play.
Considerations for Co-Constructing Research with Older People
In this post Becky De Oliveira discusses lessons learned and practical tips based on her recent doctoral research with older research participants.
Anticipating our ageing futures through speculative fiction: Utopian and dystopian stories as loci for interdisciplinary collaboration
Emma Geen, Matthew Lariviere, and Helen Manchester discuss speculative storytelling workshops as a way to use creativity and collaboration to study attitudes towards ageing.
Studying Ageing and Ageism
Every living person ages, yet ageism persists. This collection of open-access articles includes multidisciplinary studies of aging and ageism.
Research with Children: An Interview with Lester and O’Reilley
Michelle O’Reilly and Jessica Lester discuss their research with children in this Methodspace interview.
One Demographic, Many Realities: Youth Leaders Call-in to Researchers
Researchers studying the experiences of youth can benefit from their perspectives. This post from high school students includes their tips for researchers.
COVID-19 as Chrysalis: Research Representation Considerations from the College Class of 2025
Thinking about studying college students, or partnering with student co-researchers. you will find this post by Ari Burstein.