TraFaDy develops a systematic exchange of knowledge, innovative interdisciplinary and international perspectives on Transnational Families and tangible recommendations for stakeholders and policy makers. To achieve this, 6 thematic working groups (WGs) were formed: Four of them address critical areas that have gained importance in research, practice and policy and therefore require significant theoretical and empirical development. In addition, one Working group will stimulate methodological progress and another one will consolidate the recommendations of the work into clear and tangible recommendations for stakeholders and policy makers.
Working Group 1 Kinkeeping within Transnational Families
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…
Working Group 2Integrating the perspective of vulnerable children and young people in welfare and policy
Working Group 2 focuses on psychosocial care and vulnerability prevention policies for Transnational Families children and adolescents. These are often neglected in both research and practice. Without sensitivity to the vulnerabilities and potential of children and adolescents in Transnational…
Working Group 3Social rights and social protection of transnational families
Working Group 3 starts from the observation that, in top of the fact that in many countries, Transnational Families are even not reflected in national social policies, research has revealed important differences in the social protection (including e.g. the…
Working Group 4 Health and wellbeing of transnational families
Working group 4 focuses on the particular way in which Transnational Families handle medical and welfare-related decisions and practices (i.e., the complementary use of health systems in different countries). This has been further sharpened by the Covid-19 pandemic. During…
Working Group 5Talking across disciplines: Methodological issues research and data collection
Working Group 5 explores and elucidates methodological challenges for research on transnational families and provides solutions for the paucity of inadequate definitions, data sources and data comparability in research on transnational families generally. We examine the significance of qualitative…
Working Group 6 Practises and policy impact
This working group analyses whether existing policies at local, regional, national, European and international levels, and welfare and health services effectively address the needs of Transnational Families. It therefore links the results and objectives of the WGs and assist…