TraFaDy Closing Conference: Bringing Four Years of Collaboration Together On 6 September 2026, the TraFaDy community came together at Tallinn University, Estonia, for the Closing Conference of COST Action CA21143 – Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe. The conference brought together the knowledge, experiences and collaborations developed throughout the Action. The programme opened with a keynote […]
October 2025 This Working Paper is a result 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. The Working paper describes the challenges and context arising and identifying next steps for further investigations and policy measures. The Working Paper
This Working Group meeting will be dedicated to interactive exercises on audience engagement and knowledge transfer. Participants will work in small groups to design case studies on how research outcomes can be adapted and translated into formats accessible for different target groups (e.g., migrant associations, family support services, educational institutions). The meeting will also include
The meeting will focus on sharing experiences and best practices in communicating research results beyond academic circles. The WG members will focuson identifying key audiences (policy stakeholders, practitioners, migrant families, local communities), effective channels of communication (policy briefs, workshops, public events, social media), and challenges in tailoring messages to different audiences. Together, the group will
Members of Working Group 4 came toghether and discussed the current state of play of the work of the sub groups. Additional joint activites were planned. This working group meeting of WG 4 was held online.
All Working Groups continued their work throughout 2024 by meeting several times, online and in-person. The final hybrid meeting was the General Meeting, which took place from 25-27 November in Vilnius, Lithuania. During the General Meeting several meetings took place: Core Group, Communications Group and, most important, all Working Groups, which met at least twice
UPDATE: The working paper has been finalised and can be downloaded here: This meeting is part 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 working
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
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
The interdisciplinary network “Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe” (TraFaDy), founded on 3 October in the framework of the European COST Action programme, met for the first time for a general meeting to which all participants had been invited. In the course of the in person meeting that was held from 22 to 24 February, numerous
