Cost Action CA21143
Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe
About us
Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) is a network based on the Cost Action 21143 and aims to deepen the knowledge of the growing, rapidly changing phenomenon and dynamics of Transnational Families (TNF) by bringing together researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines and countries to address the need for transnational insights and to formulate policy and practice-oriented recommendations with an impact on international, national, sub-local and local practices. We closely monitor current trends in migration, technology and politics, and engage in an intensive dialogue with policy and practitioners, and, thus, address the need to deepen and broaden scientific and policy understanding of Transnational Families. [learn more]
Latest News
Crossing Borders, Keeping Ties: TraFaDy exhibition on Transnational Families
IIn today’s Europe, millions of people live in transnational families. Whether due to work, study, migration, war, or family history, these families navigate everyday life across distance and time zones, maintaining ties that stretch far beyond borders. Although geographically dispersed families are not a new phenomenon, changing forms of mobility, communication, and transport have transformed how family members remain connected across…
15 translations of TraFaDy publication: Ethics in Working with Transnational Families
Our recently published brochure on “Ethics in Working with Transnational Families: Practical Guidelines for Social Protection Professionals” has been translated into 15 languages. The brochure is currently available in English, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Italian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Turkish. Lithuanian and Slovak translation will be added by the end of September 2026. Bringing together…
Working Groups
Working Group 1 Kinkeeping within Transnational Families
In a global, digital and super-diverse society the concept of “family” and the way family ties are shaped are highly diversified and complex. Kinkeeping within transnational families takes place within…
Working Group 2Integrating the perspective of vulnerable children and young people in welfare and policy
Working Group 2 focuses on psychosocial care and vulnerability prevention policies for Transnational Families children and adolescents. These are often neglected in both research and practice. Without sensitivity to the…
Working Group 3Social rights and social protection of transnational families
Working Group 3 starts from the observation that, in top of the fact that in many countries, Transnational Families are even not reflected in national social policies, research has revealed…
Working Group 4 Health and wellbeing of transnational families
Working Group 4 focuses on the particular way in which Transnational Families handle medical and welfare-related decisions and practices (i.e., the complementary use of health systems in different countries). This…
Working Group 5Talking across disciplines: Methodological issues research and data collection
Working Group 5 explores and elucidates methodological challenges for research on transnational families and provides solutions for the paucity of inadequate definitions, data sources and data comparability in research on…
Working Group 6 Practises and policy impact
This working group analyses whether existing policies at local, regional, national, European and international levels, and welfare and health services effectively address the needs of Transnational Families. It therefore links…