A Participatory Approach to Research with Migrant Working Adolescents

Child-centred approaches focus on the children’s perspective and on participation.Participatory action research can be a fruitful methodology for investigatingdelicate topics such as child labour in migrant communities. This articlepresents a peer research project conducted in Rome (Italy) which actively involveda group of foreign working young people over two years and employeda variety of methodologies. Research methods will be illustrated and criticallydiscussed, with a particular focus on the benefits for the migrant youths involvedand ethical questions arising from this type of research. A brief summaryof the main findings will also be provided.