QUALITATIVE LONGITUDINAL (QL) RESEARCH

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Interest in QL research and methodology is growing. Drivers for this in research and policy communities include growing interest in the dynamic processes of social life and biography and change in these over time, and the particular purchase that qualitative methods have on complexity and context. QL research also forms part of the ESRC's wider commitment to supporting UK longitudinal resources, investing in qualitative resources and extending the (re-)use of archived data. Whilst there is already a significant QL research literature, there is less discussion of QL methodology and this tends to be limited to disciplinary and substantive literatures. On this page, you can find out about:

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