Session: Tuesday 8th July AM (10.00 - 12.45)

Title: Methodological Innovations in Qualitative Longitudinal Research

Convenors:

Professor Rachel Thomson (University of Sussex)
Dr Susie Weller (London South Bank Universiy)

Abstract Details

This session will profile three NCRM funded initiatives supporting methodological innovation in qualitative longitudinal research. This will include a report on a year-long network and insights arising from two projects that in different ways explore the role that new social media platforms such as Skype can play in researching and understanding young people's lives in and over time. Across the session we will reflect on how those starting out in social research can integrate a ‘QLR sensibility’ into their work, looking both to the short term horizon of the PhD and longer term 'research career'.

Presentation downloads

Presenter: Liam Berriman

The 'Face 2 Face' Study: Some Reflections on Qualitative Longitudinal Methods

Presenter: Rachel Thomson

New Frontiers in Qualitative Longitudinal Research: cultivating a QLR sensibility

Presenter: Susie Weller

The Transformative Potential of Video Telephony in QLR

Presenter: Susie Weller

The Transformative Potential of Video Telephony in QLR

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

There will be a coffee break from 10.45 - 11.15

Presentation 1

Start time: 10:00

Presentation title:New frontiers in QLR and cultivating a QLR sensibility

Authors: Professor Rachel Thomson (University of Sussex)
Dr Ester McGeeney (University of Sussex)

Presentation 2

Start time: 11:00

Presentation title:Face 2 face: tracing the real and mediated in children's cultural worlds

Author: Mr Liam Berriman (University of Sussex)

Presentation 3

Start time: 12:00

Presentation title:The potential of video telephony in qualitative longitudinal research: A participatory and interactionist approach to assessing remoteness and rapport

Author: Dr Susie Weller (London South BankUniversity)