June 9, 2025
Written by Georgina Brown and Siann Hirani
By following groups of people over time, longitudinal datasets are a powerful research tool that have the potential to offer valuable insights into areas such as human development, population trends, health outcomes, and societal change.
However, longitudinal data are often underused because they can be difficult to discover and access. But here comes the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets – a free, user-friendly platform designed to increase the discoverability of longitudinal datasets from across the world.
Georgina Brown and Siann Hirani
Georgina and Siann are research assistants working on the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets