International Centre For Lifecourse Studies In Society and Health

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* December 3: Active Transport Policy Seminar

* October 29: A Good Start in Life - UCL / ICLS Lunch time Lecture

* Sept 2 - 6: Summer School on Longitudinal & Life Course Research

'Life gets under your skin' available free to download


Research


Current research is grouped under four themes:

  • Wellbeing in childhood and adolescence
  • Work, health and wellbeing
  • Social influences on successful ageing
  • Social-biological interface.

and the two cross-cutting areas of ICLS research are:

  • Longitudinal methodology, and
  • International comparisons


ICLS research from 2008 - 2012 fell broadly into the follow themes.

  • Family Relationships and Childhood Wellbeing (including Work - Life Balance)
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Ageing

 Findings from this research are summarized in the plain English  publication 'Life Gets Under Your Skin' edited by Professor Mel Bartley and a list of associated academic publications is provided from this website.

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ESRC

The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS) is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) RES-596-28-0001 (2008 - 2012). ICLS is a multidisciplinary  research centre, directed by Professor Amanda Sacker, that supports  supports research at UCL,  University of Manchester, University of East London and Örebro  University Hospital Sweden.