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 Families , the risk is too great that their needs will continue to be overlooked. WG2 explores how local actors try to handle this missing ‘politics of childhood’ (Scheper-Hughes, 1999) and documents how in some parts of Europe promising projects are emerging to prevent further problematic development from the first signs of vulnerability and to promote strength and resilience. WG2 takes on the challenge of shedding light on whether there are gender and age differences in psychosocial counselling and policy.
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More on our work
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08 May 2026: Meeting of Working Group 2
In this meeting, we will share and discuss the main findings and results of the two transversal activities that have been carried out. Main topics of the meeting will be the work on a framework for Professionals and Storytelling. Furthermore, we will also discuss future directions, such as other collaborations beyond the Action. The meeting…
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23 April 2026: Joint Meeting of Working Groups 2, 5, 6
This will be a follow up session in whcih the members of the Working Grooups will contiue developping ethical guidelines for reflecting on different vulnerabilities in migration research. Based on the general aspects developed in the first session, in the second session the group will reflect on more specific migrant groups where different vulnerabilities intersect,…
Contact
Working group leader:
Dr Anne Carolina Ramos
University of Fribourg
Co-leader:
Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos
Research Center for Modern History
Ana Catarina Pinheiro da Mota
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro – UTAD
Contact:
WG2@trafady.eu