Timescapes - An ESRC Qualitative Longitudinal Study
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Timescapes was the first major qualitative longitudinal study to be funded in the UK, and explored how personal and family relationships develop and change over time.
Our researchers focused on relationships with significant others: parents, grandparents, siblings, children, partners, friends and lovers.
We investigated how these relationships affected people's well-being and life chances, and considered the implications for the long term resourcing of families.
Timescapes ran for five years from February 2007, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Timescapes Archive
We collected in-depth interviews, oral narratives, photographs and other visual documents in our work; this data now forms the Timescapes Archive. This archive offers exciting possibilities for re-searching data through time and across the generations, and current and future generations of researchers can reuse its resources.
What is qualitative longitudinal research?
Timescapes Director Bren Neale discusses the meaning and value of Qualitative Longitudinal research in Sage Methods' Film.
Timescapes Archive
We created the Timescapes Archive by gathering the data generated from our empirical projects and forming a composite resource for sharing and re-use.
Timescapes Archive Affiliation
Timescapes was committed to data-sharing, and encourages re-use of archived data through the addition of affiliated projects that can attract new external funding or that are undertaken by masters or doctoral students.
Policy Papers
Timescapes launched a series of policy briefing papers at the Understanding and Supporting Families over Time: Research, Policy and Practice conference in June 2011.