Studying social change in human lives: a conversation

2023  Journal Article

Studying social change in human lives: a conversation

 

College of Health researcher(s)

OSU Profile

Abstract

This commentary reinforces a central commitment of life course research: to make visible how social change matters in human lives. This paper captures a moderated conversation with four senior scholars about how they came to study the intersection between social change and life experience, why this intersection is so important to life course studies, and theoretical and methodological imperatives and challenges that come with it.

Settersten, Richard A., Dannefer, Dale, Elder, Glen H., Mortimer, Jeylan T., Kelley, Jessica A.(2023)Studying social change in human lives: a conversationLongitudinal and Life Course Studies