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Persistent inequalities exist in individuals' propensities to move across space and to move up, or down, the social hierarchy. This research investigates how patterns of spatial mobility are changing, the trends in socio-economic mobility and the com...

The City Region Deal for Stirling and Clackmannanshire is a £100m+ investment by the Westminster and Scottish governments. It provides a network of local communities, businesses, community organisations and local authorities, all of whom are working ...

Changes in fertility and mortality have affected the number of kin an individual can expect to have alive at different stages of the life course. As children, most of us now know our grandparents, and in our fifties and sixties, many of us have both ...

This project examines the extent of residential age mixing and how it is changing over time.This project uses an innovative mixed methods design, analysing spatial and longitudinal data that is both quantitative (from Censuses and surveys) as well as...

The past decade has seen a persistent rise in the age at which young adults leave the parental home, as well as an increase in returning home, particularly following the end of university, job loss, and partnership break-up. Young adults who live awa...

The high costs of raising children are an important obstacle to the realisation of couples' fertility intentions. This project investigates the role of various forms of (grand)parental support in the formation and realisation of fertility intentions,...

This project focuses on the role of international migration in (dis-)connecting generations in the UK and globally. The research investigates the intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes and values such as education, income, consumption, w...

This project combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to shed light on the issues surrounding caring responsibilities in mid-life. The family remains the main provider of social care in later life, with the likelihood of being a non co-...

Life course events related to fertility, partnerships and death are the result of processes that have occurred over multiple generations. This project combines knowledge from molecular genetics, genetic genealogy, demography and sociology with admini...

Geographical proximity is important in determining whether and how generations can support each other. This project investigates geographical distances between kin by producing a unique set of family network maps. This allows for new insights into ho...