Article

Thomson, Rachel, Owens, Rachael, Redman, Peter and Webb, Rebecca (2023) A sad story? Time, interpretation and feeling in biographical methods. Child Care in Practice. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1357-5279

Thomson, Rachel (2022) Understanding inequalities through childhood studies: a review essay. British Journal of Sociology of Education. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0142-5692

Thomson, Rachel and Berriman, Liam (2021) Starting with the archive: principles for prospective collaborative research. Qualitative Reasearch. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1468-7941

Thomson, Rachel (2020) Too much too young? Revisiting young motherhood. Studies in the Maternal, 13 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1759-0434

Thomson, Rachel and Østergaard, Jeanette (2020) Open-ended transitions to adulthood: metaphorical thinking for times of stasis. Sociological Review. ISSN 0038-0261

Østergaard, Jeanette and Thomson, Rachel (2020) Thinking through cases: articulating variable and narrative logics on a longitudinal analysis of drug use and school drop out. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23 (4). pp. 423-436. ISSN 1364-5579

Holloway, Wendy, Kofoed, Jette, Ruch, Gillian, Sims, Louise, Thomson, Rachel and Tonkin, Lois (2020) Carbon-lite collaboration: a virtual visual matrix. Journal of Psychosocial Studies, 13 (2). pp. 135-149. ISSN 1478-6737

Andersen, Ditte, Ravn, Signe and Thomson, Rachel (2020) Narrative sense-making and prospective social action: methodological challenges and new directions. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23 (4). pp. 367-375. ISSN 1364-5579

Thomson, Rachel and McLeod, Julie (2015) New frontiers in qualitative longitudinal research: an agenda for research. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18 (3). pp. 243-250. ISSN 1364-5579

Arnott, Susi and Thomson, Rachel (2015) Day of our lives: making and sharing multi-media documents of everyday mothering. Studies in the Maternal, 7 (1).

Berriman, Liam and Thomson, Rachel (2014) Spectacles of intimacy? Mapping the moral landscape of teenage social media. Journal of Youth Studies, 18 (5). pp. 583-587. ISSN 1367-6261

Thomson, Rachel (2014) Generational research: between historical and sociological imaginations. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17 (2). pp. 147-156. ISSN 1364-5579

Thomson, Rachel, Hadfield, Lucy, Kehily, Mary Jane and Sharpe, Sue (2012) Acting up and acting out: encountering children in a longitudinal study of mothering. Qualitative Research, 12 (2). pp. 186-201. ISSN 1468-7941

Thomson, Rachel, Moe, Anita, Thorne, Barrie and Neilsen, Harriet Bjerrum (2012) Situated affect in traveling data: tracing processes of meaning making in qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 18 (4). pp. 310-322. ISSN 1552-7565

Kehily, Mary Jane and Thomson, Rachel (2011) Figuring families: generation, situation and narrative in contemporary mothering. Sociological Research Online, 16 (4). ISSN 1360-7804

Thomson, Rachel and Kehily, Mary Jane (2011) Troubling reflexivity: the identity flows of teachers becoming mothers. Gender and Education, 23 (3). pp. 233-245. ISSN 0954-0253

Thomson, Rachel (2011) Making motherhood work. Studies in the Maternal, 3 (2).

Holland, Janet and Thomson, Rachel (2010) Revisiting youthful sexuality: continuities and changes over two decades. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 25 (3). pp. 342-350. ISSN 1468-1994

Thomson, Rachel, Hadfield, Lucy, Kehily, Mary Jane and Sharpe, Sue (2010) Family fortunes: an intergenerational perspective on recession. Twenty-first Century Society: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, 5 (2). pp. 149-157. ISSN 1745-0144

Holland, Janet and Thomson, Rachel (2009) Gaining a perspective on choice and fate: revisiting critical moments. European Societies, 11 (3). pp. 451-469. ISSN 1461-6696

Gordon, Tuula, Holland, Janet, Lahelma, Elina and Thomson, Rachel (2008) Young female citizens in education: emotions, resources and agency. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 16 (2). pp. 177-191. ISSN 1468-1366

Thomson, Rachel (2008) Thinking intergenerationally about motherhood. Studies in the Maternal, 1 (1). ISSN 1759-0434

Thomson, Rachel (2007) The qualitative longitudinal case history: practical, methodological and ethical reflections. Social Policy and Society, 6 (4). pp. 571-582. ISSN 1474-7464

Book Section

Thomson, Rachel and Mcgeeney, Ester (2021) Beobachtung der Beobactheten: technologie, schutz und fursoge an einem tag im leben von Jamine. In: Braches-Chrek, Rita, Rohner, Charlotte, Moran-Ellis, Joanna and Sunker, Heinz (eds.) Handbuch Kindheit, Technik und das Digitale. Opladen & Tornoto: Verlag Barbrar Budrich, Germany, pp. 405-418. ISBN 9783847424901

Thomson, Rachel and Baraitser, Lisa (2018) Thinking through childhood and maternal studies: a feminist encounter. In: Rosen, Rachel and Twarmley, Katherine (eds.) Feminism and the politics of childhood. Univeristy College London Press, London, pp. 66-82. ISBN 9781787350632

McGeeney, E, Robinson, L, Thomson, R and Thurschwell, P (2018) The cover version: researching sexuality through ventriloquism. In: Morris, Charlotte, Boyce, Paul, Cornwall, Andrea, Frith, Hannah, Harvey, Laura and Huang, Yingying (eds.) Sex and sexualities: reflections on methodology. Zed Publishing, pp. 150-172. ISBN 9781786993199

Whittington, Elsie and Thomson, Rachel (2018) Educating for consent: beyond the binary. In: Sanjakdar, Fida and Yip, Andrew (eds.) Critical pedagogy, sexuality education and young people: issues about democracy and active citizenry. Adolescent Cultures, School & Society, 71 . Peter Lang, New York, NY, pp. 49-64. ISBN 9781433145834

Thomson, Rachel (2016) Youth and reflexive life management. In: Furlong, Andy (ed.) Handbook of youth and young adulthood (second edition). Routledge, London. ISBN 9781138804357

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2015) Critical moments? The importance of timing in young people's narratives of transition. In: Wyn, Johanna and Cahill, Helen (eds.) Handbook of children and youth studies. Springer Singapore, pp. 723-733. ISBN 9789814451147

Thomson, Rachel (2014) Possession: research practice in the shadow of the archive. In: Smart, C, Hockey, J and James, A (eds.) The Craft of Knowledge: Experiences of Living with Data. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 39-55. ISBN 9781137287335

Thomson, Rachel and Hadfield, Lucy (2014) Day-in-a-life microethnographies and favourite things interviews. In: Johnson, Vicky, Hart, Roger and Colwell, Jennifer (eds.) Steps to engage young children in research: Volume 2, The researcher toolkit. Bernard Leer Foundation, University of Brighton, pp. 126-130.

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2014) “Thanks for the memory”: memory books as a methodological resource in biographical research. In: Hughes, Jason and Goodwin, John (eds.) Documentary & archival research. SAGE benchmarks in social research methods, 3 . Sage Publications Ltd., London. ISBN 9781446210949

McLeod, Julie and Thomson, Rachel (2012) Revisiting. In: Goodwin, John (ed.) SAGE Secondary Data Analysis. SAGE Library of Research Methods, 3 . Sage Publications Ltd, London. ISBN 9781446246900

Thomson, Rachel and Holland, Janet (2012) Memory books as a methodological resource in biographical research. In: Delamont, Sara (ed.) Handbook of qualitative research in education. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 313-324. ISBN 978 1 84980 509 4

Kehily, Mary Jane and Thomson, Rachel (2011) Displaying motherhood: representations, visual methods and the materiality of maternal practice. In: Dermott, Esther and Seymour, Julie (eds.) Displaying Families: A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 61-80. ISBN 9780230246133

Thomson, Rachel, Bell, Robert, Holland, Janet, Henderson, Sheila, McGrellis, Sheena and Sharpe, Sue (2011) Critical moments: choice, chance and opportunity in Young people's narratives of transition. In: Coffey, Amanda and Hall, Tom (eds.) Researching young people. Fundamentals of Applied Research, 1 . Sage Publications Ltd, London. ISBN 9781848607743

Thomson, Rachel (2010) Using biological and longitudinal methods: researching mothering. In: Mason, Jennifer and Dale, Angela (eds.) Understanding Social Research: Thinking Creatively about Method. Sage Publications Ltd, London, pp. 62-74. ISBN 9781848601451

Thomson, Rachel, Kehily, Mary Jane, Hadfield, Lucy and Sharpe, Sue (2009) The making of modern motherhoods: storying an emergent identity. In: Wetherell, Margaret (ed.) Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times. Identity Studies in the Social Sciences . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 197-212. ISBN 9780230580879

Thomson, Rachel (2009) Transitions to adulthood. In: Taylor, Wayne, Earle, Rod and Hester, Richard (eds.) Youth Justice Handbook: Theory, Policy and Practice. Willan, Cullompton. ISBN 978-1-84392-717-4

Rudoe, Naomi and Thomson, Rachel (2009) Class cultures and the meaning of young motherhood. In: Graham, Hilary (ed.) Understanding Health Inequalities. Open University, Maidenhead, pp. 162-178. ISBN 9780335234592

Reports and working papers

Thomson, Rachel, Hadfield, Lucy, Holland, Janet and Henwood, Karen (2014) New frontiers in QLR: definition, design and display. Working Paper. National Centre for Research Methods.

Book

Thomson, Rachel, Berriman, Liam and Bragg, Sara (2018) Researching everyday childhoods: time, technology and documentation in a digital age. Bloomsbury Academic, London. ISBN 9781350011748

Henderson, Sheila, Holland, Janet, McGrellis, Sheena, Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2012) Storying qualitative longitudinal research: sequence, voice and motif. SAGE Publications, pp. 16-34.

Thomson, Rachel, Kehily, Mary Jane, Hadfield, Lucy and Sharpe, Sue (2011) Making modern mothers. The Policy Press, UK. ISBN 9781847426055

Robb, Martin and Thomson, Rachel (2010) Critical practice with children and young people. Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 9781847426819

Thomson, Rachel (2009) Unfolding lives: youth, gender and change. The Policy Press, UK. ISBN 9781847420510

McLeod, Julie and Thomson, Rachel (2009) Researching social change: qualitative approaches. SAGE Publications, UK. ISBN 9781412928878