Why institutionalised children were especially vulnerable to exploitation.
Power decides whether consent is real.
Children and adults in institutions often had little power to refuse, complain or leave.
That made them vulnerable to research practices that would never have been accepted for more protected groups.
Awareverse keeps consent, dignity and power at the centre of safeguarding.
When looking at institutional research ethics, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?