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 […]
Members of TraFaDy WG1 met in Sarajevo on 15-16 June 2026 to take stock of the work on kinkeeping within transnational families in a global and digital era. Over the course of the Action, WG1 has examined how transnational families maintain relationships, care and a sense of belonging across borders and over time. The group’s
This Working Group 1 meeting will focus on the general follow-up of the working group. Members will be invited to report on their contributions to disseminating WG1’s results in local languages to increase accessibility and relevance and their public engagement, as well as facilitating the translations into other languages of already disseminated materials. Part of
A new article in Family Relations which is based upon work from our COST Action ‘Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe, CA21143’, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) was published. It explores the pandemic’s impact on care, communication, and connection in transnational families. Authors: Judit Vegh, Bogdan Voicu, Margarida Martins Barroso, Alexandra Deliu,
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
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
This joint working group meeting of WG 1 and WG 5 was held online.
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
March 2023Author: Jasna Čapo Working Group in charge: Working Group 1 (Leader: Irma Budginaitė-Mačkinė) As a consequence of international migration and border crossings, transnational families (TNF) are families whose members are physically dispersed in at least two or more countries, but maintain a sense of familyhood. This note takes a deep dive into the conceptualisation
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
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 various forms of copresence which are (re)shaped by digital technologies. Kinkeeping is also impacted by restrictions on and opportunities for transnational mobilities, e.g., due to
