Consent in research
Project
This 3 year project is funded by the Alfred Felton
Bequest.
This project investigates consent in research involving children.
Parental consent is the ethical cornerstone of research involving
children, but the concept of 'consent', both of the parent and the
child, is not as well understood as it could be. This can lead to a
problematic lack of clarity of the ethical role of and requirements
for consent in some situations. This project aims to address this
problem.
The central aims of the project are to:
- Develop greater theoretical clarity of the concept of consent
in research involving children
- Encourage clearer thinking by researchers and HRECs about
consent in research involving children
- Produce an educational resource for researchers and HRECs.
(This website is the first stage of that resource)
- Develop an information brochure for parents to assist them in
deciding about their child's involvement in research.