Multi-generational Families – Grandparenthood

Programme Director: Sarah Harper

  Funding: Nuffield Foundation; Leverhulme Trust; EU 5th Framework
  Researchers: Harper, Leeson, Aboderin and Ruicheva

Grandmother Care in Lone Parent Families

  Funding: Nuffield Foundation
This study combined quantitative and qualitative methodologies to explore the relationships between grandmothers and their lone parent daughters in 800 single parent families. The use of grandmothers to provide child care and the experience of grandmothering were two main foci of this study.
  Researchers: Harper, Smith (Social Policy); Ruicheva

Grandparenthood

  Funding: EU 5th Framework
This EU funded Grandparenthood project involved teams from 6 EU countries. Led by Harper, the OIA team undertook collaborative work with Tobias (Spain) on lone mothers and grandmothers and Hagestad (Norway) on qualitative experience of grandmothering. The study also addressed replacement roles within multigenerational families.
  Researchers: Harper, Aboderin and Ruicheva
  Publications: Harper, S. and Ruicheva, I. Reconsidering the norm of non-interference, OIA Working Paper (in preparation).

The Contemporary Dynamics of Grandfatherhood

  Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Commencing October 2006, this project examines the changing position of grandfathers in the UK, using both quantitative and qualitative date.
  Researcher: Leeson, Mann, Khan

Changing Families as Societies Age

Programme Directors: Sarah Harper

  Funding: James Martin 21st Century School; Wellcome Trust;
  Researchers: Harper, Aboderin, Leeson, Hoff and Kreager

Family Care Projects

  Funding: James Martin 21st Century School; Dane Age; Wellcome Trust
This is a collection of individual projects which address issues of family relationships and care in Europe, Asia and Africa.

• Denmark
  Funding: DaneAge
  Researcher: Leeson
  Publications: Leeson, G. (2005) Changing Patterns of Contact with and Attitudes to the Family in Denmark, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, Vol. 3 (3), pp. 25-45
   
• Germany
  Researcher: Hoff
  Hoff, A. (2006): Lone Mothers’ Use of Informal and Formal Support: Comparative Findings from Germany and the UK. Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press
   
• Indonesia
  Funding: Wellcome Trust
  Researcher: Kreager
  Publications: Kreager, P. (2006) Migration, Social Structure and Old-Age Support Networks: A Comparison of Three Indonesian Communities, Ageing & Society 26
   
• Nigeria
  Funding: Wellcome Trust
  Researcher: Aboderin

Danish Longitudinal Future Study

A longitudinal future study examining changing expectations, attitudes and behaviours of Danish people aged over 45 since 1987.

  Funding: DaneAge
  Publications: Leeson, G 2004-6 Danish Longitudinal Future Study: Housing, Late Life Work and Retirement, Financial Security in Old Age, Social and Familial Networks, Leisure and Volunteering, Life Course Perspectives, Vol. I-VI, DaneAge, Copenhagen, 2004-6 (in Danish).

Ageing In Indonesia

  Funding: Wellcome Trust
A comparative, longitudinal study of the elderly (1996-2006), their family networks, and community structures of three communities (East and West Java, West Sumatra). In collaboration with the Center for Health Research, University of Indonesia, and Andalas University, Padang, and the Institute for South East Asian Studies, Singapore.
  Researchers: Kreager
  Publications: Kreager, P and Schroder-Butterfill, E. eds (2004) Ageing Without Children: European and Asian Perspectives, Oxford: Berghahn