Professor Bren Neale
Professor of Life Course and Family Research
I am Director of the Timescapes ESRC Qualitative Longitudinal (QL) study and hold an ESRC fellowship to develop QL research methods.
I also direct the Young Lives and Times project, designed to 'walk alongside' a varied sample of young people over a decade as their lives unfold. Within the Timescapes study, I am developing an innovative model for archiving and re-using QL research data, based on the principle of data sharing.
Research Interests
I specialise in research on childhood, family life, personal relationships, life course transitions and intergenerational dynamics.
My current areas of research are family dynamics across the life course, post divorce families and scaling up QL research. A key aim is to make a difference in the real world through collaborations with policy partners.
PhD Supervision
I supervise students that are affiliated to the Timescapes study, and are researching personal lives and relationships using QL methods, with a commitment to both depositing and re-working data in the Timescapes archive.
Key Publications
Books
Neale, B.A.; Wade, A (2000) Parent Problems! Young Voice.
Smart, C.C.; Neale, B.A.; Wade, A.E. (2001) The Changing Experience of Childhood: Families and Divorce. Polity.
Smart, C.C.; Neale, B.A. (1999) Family Fragments. Polity Press.
Books Edited
Neale, B.A. ed. (2004) Young Children's Citizenship: Ideas into Practice. Joseph Rountree Foundation.
Journal Articles
Neale, B.A.; Flowerdew, J.J. (2003) Time Texture and Childhood: the contours of qualitative longitudinal research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice, 6(3) pp.189-199.
Contact Details
- Room: SSB 11.24
- Tel: 0113 343 4813
- Email: b.neale@leeds.ac.uk