Combining remote and collaborative research: A critical reflection on large‐scale, comparative, and interdisciplinary research in times of a global crisis

This paper examines the methodological and ethical challenges of conducting remote research on child‐animal relationships across thirty communities in 17 countries during the COVID‐19 pandemic. It critically assesses remote research as a mode of collaboration informed by decolonial aspirations, highlighting the complexities of navigating temporal and geographical distances, mitigating global inequalities, and addressing political and methodological tensions at the intersection of psychological anthropology and cross‐cultural developmental psychology. By engaging with these challenges, the paper fosters critical dialogue on research ethics and methodologies between anthropology and psychology, advancing a broader intellectual engagement toward translocal equity.