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What is Qualitative Longitudinal Research?
This book is built on the accumulated wisdom of generations of researchers who have pioneered qualitative longitudinal research. It has been a privilege and pleasure to meet and work alongside a good number of these researchers in recent years. This was made possible through a series of research grants from the Economic and Social Research Council, including a mid-career fellowship, national and international seminar series, and funding for a five-year programme of qualitative longitudinal (QL) research and archiving (the Timescapes Study). I owe a particular debt of gratitude to my Timescapes colleagues, and to the affiliated researchers, archivists, secondary analysts and time theorists who enriched the programme. This was an exhilarating, cutting-edge environment to develop the ideas for this book. Many thanks also to Graham Crow, series editor, for the invitation to write this text, and for his support and encouragement, and Maria Giovanna Brauzzi and the team at Bloomsbury Academic for gently steering the project. Finally, special thanks (and apologies) to my family, especially to Alan, who read every word and was there every step of the way.
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