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Demonstrating the Merits of the Peer Research Process: A Northern Ireland Case Study

Pima Prevention Partnership

Dirk Schubotz

Queen's University Belfast

This article discusses the benefits and challenges of involving peer researchers in social research projects. A research project on pupil participation in policy making on school bullying in Northern Ireland's schools was commissioned by the Office of the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People and undertaken by the National Children's Bureau in conjunction with researchers from Queen's University Belfast in fourteen schools across Northern Ireland, utilizing a mixed methods approach. We trained and employed nine 15—18-year-old peer researchers to support them in this project. After the project's completion, we conducted interviews with six of the peer researchers to investigate how they experienced their involvement in the research. We discuss the findings from these interviews and contextualize in a review of literature on research involving children and young people.

Key Words: peer researcher • participatory research methods • Northern Ireland • children and young people

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Field Methods, Vol. 21, No. 3, 309-326 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X09333514


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