What is qualitative longitudinal research?

Qualitative longitudinal research is conducted through time.

In its qualitative dimensions it opens up the potential to 'think dynamically' in creative, flexible and innovative ways.

QL enquiry is rooted in a long-established tradition of qualitative temporal research, spanning the fields of social anthropology, sociological re-studies and biographical research.

But over the past two decades, a growing body of scholarship has begun to document this approach and explore its theoretical underpinnings.

This text offers an introduction to an evolving research method in the social sciences.