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.
Past events
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
30 October 2023: Impact of European migration policy on Transnational Family Dynamics
On 30 October 2023 in Berlin, Germany, TraFaDy held a workshop on the impact of European migration policy on Transnational Family Dynamics. The specific occasion to have the workshop was the current debate on introducing a new migration and asylum pact in the European Union. A significant amount of transnational families has a migration or
28 – 29 September 2023: Stakeholder perspectives on Transnational Family Dynamics and Health and Wellbeing
UPDATE: The working paper has been finalised and can be downloaded here: This meeting is the start of a small series of face-to-face and online meetings as well as email discussions on the topic on Transnational Family Dynamics and Health and Wellbeing. Besides meeting reports of the discussions one aim is to work on a
25 September 2023: Webinar Series: “Qualitative Methods in the area TNF revisited” – part 1
On 25 September 2025, 10:00 – 11.30h CET the first webinar of the series “Qualitative Methods in the area Transnational Families revisited” was held. The series is organised by the “Qualitative Subgroup” of Working Group 5. Speakers: All episodes of the Webinar Series:
26 June – 05 July 2023: International Summer School 2023
Learn about the growing, rapidly changing phenomenon and dynamics of transnational families! The summer school will take place in Brussels, Belgium Join us for an International Summer School in the heart of Europe. Internationally acknowledged lecturers, experienced guest speakers, interactive workshops engaging practitioners from the field and off-campus excursions will make this Summer School informative
11 May 2023: Joint meeting of Working Group 3 and 6
This joint working group meeting of WG 3 and WG 6 was held online.