Research with Refugee Children and Families

In the aftermath of the war in Syria, Canada and Germany welcomed thousands of refugees. Scholars in both countries conducted studies to learn how the refugee children and families were faring, and how local populations and non-governmental agencies were responding. This book presents researchers' accounts of responsible ethical conduct in complex situations such as these.
In this volume edited by Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, contributors describe the challenges of data collection, analyses, and dissemination of findings. These include getting institutional and parental permissions to access children; ensuring privacy, comfort, and safety; and developing trusting relationships with those whose language, culture, and lived experiences are very different from one's own. In doing this work, researchers can get caught between their obligations toward the refugee children and families, research ethics boards, service providers, and government agencies. This book also offers advice on navigating these competing ethical obligations.
Research with Refugee Children and Families reveals ethical dilemmas, insights, and methodological innovations to build an effective framework for refugee research in various contexts.

Introduction / Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali
1 Ethical Mindfulness in Research with Refugee Families in Accommodation Centres / Hoa Mai Trần
2 Research with Refugee Children: Gatekeeping, Conflicting Interests, and Failures / Anne Wihstutz
3 Ethical Considerations in Evaluations of Canadian and German Family-Support Projects / Annette Korntheuer and Akiko Inui-Ohta
4 Some Ethical and Methodological Issues in Research Involving Culturally Diverse Children / Christine Gervais, Clemence Due, and Isabel Coté
5 Participatory Photography and Youth with Refugee Experience / Susan M. Brigham and Mohamed Kharbach
6 Broker-Led Anti-Oppressive Research with Syrian Refugee Youth / Fadi Ennab
7 A Family Systems Approach in Work with Refugee Families / Jean de Dieu Basabose, Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali, Jackson A. Smith, and Dillon T. Browne
Index