Involving children in social research: balancing the risks and benefits

越来越多的人一致认为，儿童参与社会研究很重要，但在将儿童纳入“敏感”问题的研究方面仍存在相当大的不确定性，这反映出人们对如何平衡儿童保护与儿童参与的关切。这方面的关键是关于儿童和童年的根深蒂固的假设和信念，特别是关于能力、能动性、脆弱性、依赖性等概念的假设和信念。该项目旨在更好地理解和解决保护儿童与儿童参与研究之间的紧张关系，并探讨伦理委员会、家长、其他守门人和儿童本身如何管理和驾驭这些紧张关系。

There is a growing consensus that children's involvement in social research is important, but considerable uncertainty remains around children's inclusion in research on 'sensitive' issues, reflecting concerns about how to balance children's protection with their participation. Key to this are deeply embedded assumptions and beliefs about children and childhood, especially concerning notions of capacity, agency, vulnerability, dependency and the like. This project aims to better understand and address the tensions between the protection of children and their participation in research, and to explore how ethics committees, parents, other gatekeepers and children themselves manage and navigate these tensions.