Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Children living in damp and overcrowded homes missed three weeks more of school over the course of compulsory education than their peers in better quality housing.
The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies welcomes the publication of the ESRC’s review of its investment in cohort studies.
Millennials who faced family financial hardship, parents’ separation or violence in the home during childhood are more likely to have mental health difficulties in their early 30s.
Professor Emla Fitzsimons is to take up the role of CLS director on 1 December 2025.
The Centre for Longitudinal Studies is inviting expressions of interest from experts wishing to join our Scientific Advisory Network (SAN).
New UCL research using harmonised data from four UK cohort studies shows the extent of the decline in cigarette smoking over the past five decades.
Researchers interested in the study of early years development and family life can now download data from the Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study from the UK Data Service.
Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.
Harmonised data on diabetes from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.
Harmonised data on asthma from five UK cohort studies are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.
The research community can now access a range of polygenic scores from more than 30,000 people taking part in four of the UK’s national cohort studies.
The UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies is to lead the first new UK-wide scientific study of babies in a quarter of a century. Generation New Era study will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026, during their early years, and potentially beyond.
Sexual minority women and bisexual adults are at the greatest risk of asthma, with disparities between them and their heterosexual counterparts worsening across life.
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