Children’s engagement with work has been widely researched using a wide variety of methods. However, the extent to which such methods and their combination provides insight into forms of children’s harmful work (CHW) is not obvious.
This paper reviews and assesses respective opportunities and challenges of the main methods that have been used to study children’s engagement with work. It proposes research design principles and a methodological landscape for an integrated approach to child-centred, inclusive, and ethical research of CHW.
Cite this publication
Roelen, K.; Barnett, I.; Johnson, V.; Lewin, T.; Thorsen, D. and Ton, G. (2020) Understanding Children’s Harmful Work: A Review of the Methodological Landscape, ACHA Working Paper 3, Brighton: Action on Children’s Harmful Work in African Agriculture, Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/ACHA.2020.001
Authors
![Keetie Roelen](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/KeetieRoelen-150x150.jpg)
IDS Honorary Associate
![Inka Barnett](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20220101_142852-150x150.jpg)
Health and Nutrition Cluster Lead
![Vicky Johnson](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Vicky_Johnson-150x150.jpg)
Honorary Associate
![Tessa Lewin](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Tessa_Lewin221-e1545060198933-150x150.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Dorte Thorsen](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Captureasxasxsaxa-e1624024475822-150x150.jpg)
Research Fellow
![Giel Ton](https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Giel_Ton500-150x150.jpg)
Research Fellow