2. Research Methods Festival University of Oxford 30 th June – 3 rd July 2008 The Timescapes ESRC Qualitative Longitudinal Study: Scaling Up Qualitative Enquiry through Time. Timescapes: Seven in one and one in seven Janet Holland

3. Oneness Major objective: the dynamics of personal, intimate and family relationships, the identities that flow from these relationships and how they are worked out across the life course and within different generations shared conceptual and methodological concerns within different disciplinary perspectives employ and elaborate the different timescapes at the heart of the study - biographical, generational and historical, linking biography and history

4. all use qualitative longitudinal methods all work within an ethical research framework, development as a live cross cutting activity all fully committed to sharing, re-using and scaling up the data generated by the study, and making that data widely available through our dedicated archive

5. seven projects span the lifecourse several cross generational, more than 400 participants from families and other groups reflect key social identifiers: gender class, race and ethnicity, locality varied identities, life experiences and resources – emotional cultural and material diverse geographical and cultural settings

6. Project/locationSubstantive ThemeSample P1 UK wideSiblings and friendsChildren in middle childhood P2 YorkshireTeenage RelationshipsTeen Birth Cohort P3 UK wideMotherhoodCross generational, inc. grandmothers P4 Wales East AngliaMasculinities and riskFathers P5 S.E.ScotlandWork/life balanceCross generational Parent/young child P6 Northern inner cityGrandparenthood and Social Exclusion ‘Young’ grandparents + significant other P7 UK wideOlder relationships and commemorative events Older people + significant other

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8. Making the Long View: Sharing the Inventing Adulthoods project, youth values and transitions, 11+ year project morphed into archiving project, supports Timescapes archive Changing Social Landscapes and Timescapes: Meshing levels of analysis, 2009-2011, integrating analysis across projects, secondary analysis of Timescapes themes, macro level quantitative data analysis using quantitative data sets in conjunction with Timescapes data

9. Archiving: Bren Neale, Libby Bishop, Sheila Henderson, Ben Ryan, members of Leeds Library and IT teams, Isla Brookes Secondary analysis: Sarah Irwin, Joanna Bornat Communications: Janet Holland, Nick Emmel, Kathryn Backett- Milburn, Sarah Morton (user engagement); Ros Edwards (publications); Karen Henwood (Ethics)

10. 1. Siblings and Friends: The Changing Nature of Children’s Lateral Relationships, Ros Edwards, Susie Weller, London South Bank University 2. Young Lives and Times: the Crafting of Young People’s Relationships, Bren Neale, Anna Bagnoli, Sarah Irwin, University of Leeds 3. The Dynamics of Motherhood: an Intergenerational Project, Rachel Thomson, Mary Kehily, Lucy Hadfield, Sue Sharpe, The Open University 4. Masculinities, Identities and Risk: Long term transitions in the lives of men and fathers, Karen Henwood, Mark Finn, Cardiff University 5. Work & Family Lives: The Changing Experiences of ‘Young’ Families, Kathryn Backett- Milburn, Alice McLeod, Sarah Cunningham-Burley, Lynn Jamieson, University of Edinburgh 6. Intergenerational Exchange: Grandparents, social exclusion and health, Kahryn Hughes, Nick Emmel, University of Leeds 7. The Oldest Generation: Marking Time, Relationships and Identities in old age, Joanna Bornat, Bill Bytheway,

11. Outward Reach dissemination through communications, media and publication strategies workshops, seminars, conferences, papers, articles, books, press releases, bulletins etc. etc. etc. network of Interested Parties of all types, join our database now attached studentships, affiliated and associated projects international collaborations