Decolonising Research Ethics

In this session, we will engage in a community of practice and critically examine what it means to do ethical research with children and young people, in ways that are decolonised.

We will discuss, explore and advocate for how we might achieve this. We will ask whether the systems and practices that students work within support students doing research with children and young people in different geographical and cultural contexts.

Outcomes

Participants will:

• Begin to think critically about ethical research practices with children and young people through a decolonised lens;
• Engage in collaborative dialogue within a community of practice to explore culturally and geographically responsive research approaches;
• Assess the extent to which institutional systems support ethical and decolonised research with children and young people across diverse contexts.

Contributors

Dr Delyth Edwards is a Lecturer in Inclusion, Childhood and Youth, in the School of Education at the University of Leeds and Deputy Director of the WRDTP ECY pathway. As a Sociologist of Care Experience, her research traverses the fields of social and cultural policy. She has more recently become interested in digging a little deeper into research ethics.

Dr Shichong Li holds a PhD from the School of Education at the University of Leeds. Her doctoral research explored children’s agency in peer relations, taking the Chinese Left-behind Children as an example.