About the Society

The multi-disciplinary Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies brings together members across the health, behavioural and social sciences, with a shared interest in longitudinal and life course research.

Apart from the opportunity to bridge disciplinary boundaries, the benefits the Society offers are:

The opportunity to participate in on-line policy debates and forums linked to the Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Journal and to make collaborative contacts throughout the longitudinal research community.

Access to, and opportunity to develop, new capacity building initiatives including PhD summer schools, on-line master classes and methodological and longitudinal practice workshops, for which resource material will be made available by members.

A reduced fee for the annual conference scheduled to take place in September each year.

If you are not already a member and would like to become one, please click here for further details and to complete a membership application form

Establishing the Society

The decision to establish the International Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies was taken at the September 2009 conference of Longview in Clare College, Cambridge. The Society was formally established at its inaugural conference in Clare College, Cambridge on 22-24th September 2010.

The elevation of Professor Paul Boyle, previously an Executive Committee member, to Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council, means that we need to elect a new EC member, together with a President-Elect, to take office in two years. Elections will take place in Spring 2011.

If you are not already a member please sign up and encourage your colleagues to join too.