Negotiating Ethical Challenges in Youth Research

Negotiating Ethical Challenges in Youth Researchbrings together contributors from across the world to explore real-life ethical dilemmas faced by researchers working with young people in a range of social science disciplines. Unlike existing literature that tends to discuss youth research at an abstracted and exalted level this volume aims to make the basic principles and guidelines of youth research more '¬Üreal.'¬" By openly discussing actual challenges that researchers have experienced in the course of conducting their fieldwork or interpreting their findings the collection provides the most authentic overview of youth researcha vailable. A careful selection of chapters address a range of ethical challenges of particular relevance to contemporary youth researchers. Each chapter: identifies an ethical issue that the author has personally experienced in his or her youth research, explains why this was a challenge or dilemma, outlines how the researchers responded to the challenge, and provides advice and draws out broader implications for youth researchers. Throughout every chapter, the authentic touchstone provided is further enforced by sound and reflective use of relevant literature related to the specific research project, as well as broader methodological and ethical literature. The result is a collection that is a rigorous and valuable resource both to those embarking on research with young people for the first time and to supporting the resolution of ethical challenges by more experienced researchers.