Events

17-18 October 2024, Berlin (GER): Conference on intergenerational care in transnational families and meeting of Working Group 2

About 35 members of WG2 and some other interested participants gathered together in Berlin for a two-days meeting. The conference on transnational families and care, held on 17 October, gathered international scholars, practitioners, policy-makers and representatives from non-governmental organizations to discuss current issues related to intergenerational care across borders. It was co-hosted by TraFaDy, the …

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19-20 September 2024: Vienna Expert Meeting

The meeting centered on the intersection of Migration, Health, and Transnational Family dynamics, bringing together experts to explore policy perspectives and develop actionable outcomes. On the first day, contributions from Dr. Girum Hailu (IGAD) and Dr. Davide T. Mosca (UN-IOM) emphasized the importance of family ties in health and social development, framing migration as a …

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09 September 2024: Meeting of Working Group 1

Members of Working Group 1( “Kinkeeping within transnational families in a global and digital era”) gathered together online and discussed the ongoing current work within the WG and its multiple subgroups. The work of the Working Group is being devided in six different working groups, which presented their ongoing work. Additionally the group discussed the …

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24 June – 03 July 2024: TraFaDy International Summer School

The summer school “Transnational childhoods in Europe” organised by the WG2 in collaboration with IOM at Odisee Campus Schaarbeek, gathered students, professionals, researchers and stakeholders for nine days of intense exchanges. Participants came from Albania, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. The multiple formats of the presentations …

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13-14 May 2024: Symposium by TraFaDy and MITRA on “Linking policy and academia: Transnational Families in Europe”

In a joint meeting of TraFaDy and IMISCOE MITRA around 25 scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working in fields related to migration, family, policy, and related disciplines came together for an intense exchange on the intersection of migration policies and transnational family dynamics in Europe. Jointly they explored avenues for research-policy dialogue and collaborative action …

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25-27 November 2024: Third General Meeting

The meeting will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania. You will find more information at this place soon.

22 February 2024: Joint meeting of Working Group 1 and 5

This joint working group meeting of WG 1 and WG 5 was held online.

21 February 2024: Meeting of Working Group 1

This working group meeting of WG 1was held online.

20-22 November 2023: Second General Meeting

The second General Meeting took place from 20 to 22 November in Istanbul, Turkey. It was hosted by the Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University (Istanbul, Turkey). Nafiye Cigdem Aktekin and Mutasim Bavarsi are the local organisers. During the General Meeting several meetings took place. All Working Groups met twice and several Working Groups split up …

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