Arts-based research approaches听
use the artistic process and artistic expression as a primary way of understanding and examining various experiences, including experiences of war and migration. Arts-based research听methodologies听can use a number of different mediums, including:听photography, videography, cellphilm,听music, drama, or visual arts.

Arts-based research help听promote participant activism, engagement and empowerment.

Arts-based research methodologies are an especially helpful tool with听war-affected children and youth offering an accessible,听nonverbal alternative to traditional research approaches.

Participatory听approaches听
reflect on the conventional notions of power and who is听considered听鈥榚xpert,' by providing opportunities to meaningfully engage war-affected children and youth to听articulate their perspectives, concerns, and needs, and听actively contribute to scholarly discussions.

The Participatory Axis is听guided by the understanding that children and youth who have been affected by war and migration possess knowledge and perceptions of their social environment that is both valid and unique.

The听aim of this approach is to position affected young people's perspectives and voices at the centre of the research process.听

Socioecological approaches听
consider听various systems at multiple听levels surrounding the individual child, including听family, community, and society.

This approach highlights the impact of听complex relationships, interactions, resources, networks and sociocultural contexts on children's听wellbeing and development.

The听socioecological model serves as a听roadmap for developing interventions that target听all听layers of children's听socioecological听system, and听identifying protective factors that reduce vulnerability to 听'shocks,' such as war and migration,听and risk factors that increase vulnerabilities to听ecological shocks.