Bren Neale is Emeritus Professor of Life Course and Family Research at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She was the director of the ESRC-funded Timescapes Study from 2007 to 2012. She has contributed to advances in Qualitative Longitudinal methods across academia, government and the voluntary sector, both in the UK and internationally, and continues to provide training and support in this methodology for new and established researchers.

An engaging, timely and tremendously generous guide to qualitative longitudinal research. This book will be of great value to both readers already using this method and those new to the field.

• Part One: Introducing Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 1: Qualitative Longitudinal Research: Mapping the fieldChapter 2: Time and the Processual Turn: Fluid EnquiryChapter 3. Time and the Life CoursePart Two: Crafting Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 4: Design and Sampling in Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 5: Longitudinal Ethics: Walking AlongsideChapter 6: Generating Qualitative Longitudinal DataPart Three: Journeys with DataChapter 7: Managing Qualitative Longitudinal Data: Ethics and PracticalitiesChapter 8: Working with Legacy DataChapter 9: Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis: Basic StrategiesChapter 10: Cases and Themes in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisChapter 11: Process and Synthesis in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisConclusionChapter 12: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Bren Neale is Emeritus Professor of Life Course and Family Research at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She was the director of the ESRC-funded Timescapes Study from 2007 to 2012. She has contributed to advances in Qualitative Longitudinal methods across academia, government and the voluntary sector, both in the UK and internationally, and continues to provide training and support in this methodology for new and established researchers.

An engaging, timely and tremendously generous guide to qualitative longitudinal research. This book will be of great value to both readers already using this method and those new to the field.

• Part One: Introducing Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 1: Qualitative Longitudinal Research: Mapping the fieldChapter 2: Time and the Processual Turn: Fluid EnquiryChapter 3. Time and the Life CoursePart Two: Crafting Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 4: Design and Sampling in Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 5: Longitudinal Ethics: Walking AlongsideChapter 6: Generating Qualitative Longitudinal DataPart Three: Journeys with DataChapter 7: Managing Qualitative Longitudinal Data: Ethics and PracticalitiesChapter 8: Working with Legacy DataChapter 9: Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis: Basic StrategiesChapter 10: Cases and Themes in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisChapter 11: Process and Synthesis in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisConclusionChapter 12: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Bren Neale is Emeritus Professor of Life Course and Family Research at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She was the director of the ESRC-funded Timescapes Study from 2007 to 2012. She has contributed to advances in Qualitative Longitudinal methods across academia, government and the voluntary sector, both in the UK and internationally, and continues to provide training and support in this methodology for new and established researchers.

An engaging, timely and tremendously generous guide to qualitative longitudinal research. This book will be of great value to both readers already using this method and those new to the field.

• Part One: Introducing Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 1: Qualitative Longitudinal Research: Mapping the fieldChapter 2: Time and the Processual Turn: Fluid EnquiryChapter 3. Time and the Life CoursePart Two: Crafting Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 4: Design and Sampling in Qualitative Longitudinal ResearchChapter 5: Longitudinal Ethics: Walking AlongsideChapter 6: Generating Qualitative Longitudinal DataPart Three: Journeys with DataChapter 7: Managing Qualitative Longitudinal Data: Ethics and PracticalitiesChapter 8: Working with Legacy DataChapter 9: Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis: Basic StrategiesChapter 10: Cases and Themes in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisChapter 11: Process and Synthesis in Qualitative Longitudinal AnalysisConclusionChapter 12: Looking Back, Looking Forward