Abstract
This case study focuses on research carried out as part of the International Children and Youth in Cities: Lifestyles Evaluation and Sustainability (CYCLES) project. CYCLES is a three-phase project with young people aged 12-24 in seven cities across the world which aims to explore what it means for them to live well, and what are the conditions which enable and constrain them in living in sustainable and fulfilling ways. This case study reflects on the experience of the Lambeth (UK) research team in shifting from a mixture of face-to-face and online survey recruitment and delivery pathways to fully online survey recruitment and delivery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic for the last phase of the research. The case study covers the practicalities of shifting to a fully online process, notably with regard to securing young people's informed consent and managing data. Additionally, it outlines the challenges faced by the research team in relation to survey fraud, participant recruitment, and the negotiations of local research difficulties in the context of an international research project, as well as the strategies implemented to overcome them.