Introducing Qualitative Longitudinal Research: From Design to Analysis (Online)

Description:

This one-day online, interactive course will provide a practical introduction to qualitative longitudinal enquiry. The morning session will explore key design features of this methodology, including how to build time into a study, how to sample through time, how to generate temporal data, the ethics of longitudinal enquiry, and the potential to create real-time impact in policy processes. The afternoon session will focus on the intricate nature of QL analysis. The course will comprise two lectures and two interactive workshops (see below and attached programme for further details). The course will be delivered by Anna Tarrant and Kahryn Hughes, specialists in QL research and authors of multiple books and papers on this methodology.

The course will run from 10am to 5pm and covers the following: 

• In the first presentation of the day, delegates will be introduced to the principles and design features of qualitative longitudinal (QL) research. The unique power of this methodology – the combination of its real-time operation and its interactive, real-world engagement - will be explored, and its application in policy/practice settings and processes will be introduced.   

• In the morning workshop, delegates will work individually and in pairs to generate temporal data. They will be introduced to life mapping techniques and will have the opportunity to construct a life map and use this as the basis for life journey interviewing. 

• In the second presentation of the day, delegates will be introduced to the principles and practice of QL analysis (QLA): including the tripartite logic of working across cases, themes and processes, and the abductive reasoning that underpins this strategy.

• In the afternoon workshop, delegates will brainstorm the analysis of data from the Following Young Fathers Study. They will have an opportunity to build a longitudinal case history for a young father, drawn from several waves of interviews; and to engage in cross-case comparative analysis of contrasting cases. 

 By the end of the course participants will:

• Have an appreciation of the key design features of Qualitative Longitudinal Research,
• Have gained insights into working with and through time to generate temporal data about unfolding lives,
• Have a greater understanding of the principles of QL analysis, and some experience in working analytically with data and collectively brainstorming new insights. 

The course is suitable for doctoral and established researchers who are either new to this methodology or wish to refresh or enhance their research practice. Delegates will receive a course pack, comprising powerpoint slides and data files from the Following Young Fathers Study. 

Presenters:

Anna Tarrant is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Innovation in Fatherhood Research and the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship study ‘Following Young Fathers Further’ (FYFF, 2020-27, £1.7 million) at the University of Lincoln. The Centre advances knowledge and expertise in family research and associated fields with a view to influencing academic, policy, and practice agendas both locally and (inter)nationally. She is widely published, with international expertise in fathering, poverty, and family support, and has pioneered innovative methodologies including longitudinal co-creation, qualitative longitudinal research and qualitative secondary analysis. 

Kahryn Hughes is Professor of Sociology at the University of Leeds and Director of the Timescapes Archive. She has been a Senior Fellow of the National Centre for Research Methods and is internationally recognised for consolidating and advancing methods of Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA). She has formulated and led the brand-new field of international Qualitative Secondary Analysis (iQSA) with an international team from Denmark. She has engaged in twenty years of qualitative longitudinal research focused on the longitudinal and intergenerational dynamics of place-based poverty, through which she has developed novel approaches to temporal methods. She has been active in developing infrastructures to support the archiving and reuse of Qualitative Longitudinal data. Kahryn has an enduring interest in questions concerning time and temporality and is Co-Lead of the Horizons Network for Time at the University of Leeds.

Cost:

The fee per teaching day is £60 per day for students / £150 per day for staff working for academic institutions, Research Councils and other recognised research institutions, registered charity organisations and the public sector / £350 per day for all other participants.

In the event of cancellation by the delegate a full refund of the course fee is available up to two weeks prior to the course. NO refunds are available after this date.

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Region:

South East

Keywords:

Qualitative longitudinal research (QLR), Qualitative Interviewing, Qualitative interview design, Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis, Life journey interviewing, Life mapping techniques, Abductive logic

Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:

Qualitative longitudinal research (QLR)
Qualitative Interviewing
Qualitative interview design
Qualitative Longitudinal Analysis

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