TraFaDy has around 260 members being involved in the network, organised in six working groups. The working groups are structured into four thematic working groups, which address critical areas that are gaining importance in research, practice and policy and therefore require significant theoretical and empirical development. In addition, the fifth working group will stimulate methodological progress and the sixth working group will consolidate the recommendations of the other five working groups into clear and tangible recommendations for stakeholders and policy makers.
Twice a year there are meetings for the whole group. The Management Committee (MC) is responsible for the development and monitoring of the whole project. The Core Group acts as the ‘Bureau’ and caries out the operational decisions between the meetings of the Management Committee.
Working Group 1 Kinkeeping within Transnational Families
Working Group 2Integrating the perspective of vulnerable children and young people in welfare and policy
Working Group 3Social rights and social protection of transnational families
Working Group 4 Health and wellbeing of transnational families
The MC Core Group acts as the ‘Bureau’ of the MC.
It consists of the MC Chair and Vice-Chair, the budget holder, the Science Communication Coordinator and the Working Group leaders.
Prof. Mieke Schrooten
Action Chair and Grant Holder Scientific RepresentativeSven Iversen
Action Vice ChairDr Egemen Ipek
Science CommunicationCoordinatorentative
Stefanie Derks
Grant Awarding CoordinatorDr. Irma Budginaite-Mackine
Working group 1Dr. Anne Carolina Ramos
Working group 2Dr Vida Cesnuityte
Working group 3Dr Viorela Ducu Telegdi Csetri
Working group 4Dr Jelena Despic
Working group 5Mr Attila Böhm
Working group 6Action Management Comittee
The Action is coordinated by an Action Management Committee (MC), which is responsible for the development, organisation and monitoring of the whole project. The MC is composed according to the standards set by the COST framework.
Albania
Prof Blerina Reci
Dr Anila Sulaj
Austria
Dr Ursula Trummer
Belgium
Ms Laura Merla
Mr Jos Sterckx
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof Mirza Emirhafizovic
Prof Valida Repovac Nikšić
Bulgaria
Prof Petko Hristov
Dr Ivaylo Markov
Croatia
Dr Jasna Capo
Dr Andrea Lučić
Cyprus
Dr Maria Koushiou
Dr Natali Loizidou Ieridou
Germany
Mr Sven Iversen
Greece
Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos
Hungary
Dr Karolina Lendák-Kabók
Ms Judit Vegh
Iceland
Dr Anna Wojtynska
Ireland
Dr Lisa Moran
Dr Susan Flynn
Israel
Dr Rena Bina
Prof Tali Heiman
Italy
Dr Laura Dryjanska
Latvia
Dr Martins Kaprans
Dr Klavs Sedlenieksr
Lithuania
Dr Irma Budginaite-Mackine
Dr Vida Cesnuityte
Luxembourg
Dr Isabelle Albert
Dr Heidi Martins
Moldova
Dr Elena Vaculovschi
Montenegro
Dr Milika Mirkovic
Netherlands
Dr Karlijn Haagsman
Dr Thijs van den Broek
North Macedonia
Prof Rozita Dimova
Dr Aneta Jovkovska
Norway
Prof Aleksandar Bozic
Poland
Dr Elżbieta Czapka
Dr Marta Warat
Portugal
Prof Emília Araújo
Dr Carlos Barros
Romania
Dr Anatolie Cosciug
Dr Viorela Ducu Telegdi Csetri
Serbia
Dr Jelena Despic
Prof Smiljka Tomanović
Slovakia
Dr Martina Wilsch
Slovenia
Dr Sanja Cukut Krilić
Spain
Dr Ana Bravo-Moreno
Turkey
Dr Nafiye Cigdem Aktekin
Dr Mutasim Bavarsi
United Kingdom
Prof Majella Kilkey
Dr Eleni Meletiadou
See more on our members on the E-Cost Website.