Timescapes - An ESRC Qualitative Longitudinal Study
Welcome to Timescapes, the first major qualitative longitudinal study to be funded in the UK.
The study is funded for 5 years from February 2007 by the ESRC. We are exploring how personal and family relationships develop and change over time. Our focus is relationships with significant others: parents, grandparents, siblings, children, partners, friends and lovers.
We are using the method of ‘walking alongside’ people to document their growing up, relationships, having children, living in families and growing older. We are interested in how these experiences impact on people’s well-being and life chances. We also want to explore what this means for the long term resourcing of families.
In depth interviews, oral narratives, photographs and other visual documents are being collected for the Timescapes archive. Current and future generations of researchers will be able to reuse this resource. The archive offers exciting possibilities for re-searching data through time and across the generations.
Latest News
Summit on Lifespan, Transformation and Change 2008
Timescapes Study Professors to present papers at the Summit on Lifespan at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Switzerland, 29-30 September 2008. Read Full Item.
Getting involved
There are a number of ways of becoming involved in Timescapes.
Affiliated Projects
We welcome applications from projects wishing to be affiliated to Timescapes.





