Demography and Society
The Institute holds an extensive evidence base on communities, families and relationships between the generations.
This evidence has been collected using quantitative and qualitative research methods, including self-report surveys, interviews, observation, secondary data analyses, and documentary analyses. We have cross-sectional and longitudinal data from countries all across the globe.
Carers@Work: Between Job and Care: Conflict or Opportunity? A Strategy for Securing Sustainable Future Care and Productivity Potentials in an Ageing Society – A European Comparison
Funder: Volkswagen Foundation Carers@Work was a two year project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation within their Research Programme: ‘Individual and Societal Perspectives of Ageing’. The aim was to examine the impact of combining work and care, and explore the strategie...
Intergenerational relationships in bilingual families
Funding: Leverhulme Trust This ethnographic project explores intergenerational care and cultural transmission among transnational families, by focusing on the Italian migrant community based in South Wales. Presentations: Bianchera, E., Mann, R., and Harper, S. (2013) ‘Inte...
Intergenerational transfers: a comparison of Asia and Europe
Funding: NIH (NIA); HSBC, The main focus of past research on intergenerational transfers has been focused either around the family and implications for family solidarity or around welfare regimes and the relationship between the public and private. It is clear however that there are...
Migration as an Intergenerational Project
This project employs an intergenerational lens to explore the migration experiences of African families in Britain, France and South Africa.
Modern Grandparenthood
Funding: EU Framework and Clore Duffield Foundation The study explores grandparents replacement roles within UK multigenerational families.
Multi-generational Families – Grandparenthood
The Contemporary Dynamics of Grandfatherhood Funding: Leverhulme Trust This project examines the changing position of grandfathers in the UK, using both quantitative and qualitative date.
Older Persons and the Intergenerational Contract in Contemporary South Africa: Configurations and Reconfigurations in the Context of HIV/AIDS
Funding: Oppenheimer Foundation South African currently has an estimated 1.2 million HIV/AIDS orphans (UNAIDS, 2006) - a figure predicted to rise to 2.3 million by 2020. The subsequent result for many older persons (specifically older women) of this phenomenon is their role as const...