Overview

Research Agenda Conference - Brussels

Research Issues for Family Research and Key Policy Questions in Europe took place in Brussels, from the 4-5 November 2010.

Gathering more than one hundred stakeholders from across Europe, the 'Research Agenda Conference' consisted of one day of stocktaking of the major trends, critical review, and the future of families including a series of statements by stakeholders on the work of FAMILYPLATFORM, and a day devoted to the proposed key area of the research agenda. A series of presentations were made outlining the key areas of the proposed research agenda on the family including: life course and transitions, demographic change, care, doing family and migration.

Read the press release and conference agenda for more information. A participant list is also available to download.

This page lists the presentations made by the FAMILYPLATFORM Consortium and the European Commission.

A separate page hosts the Stakeholder Statements.

Key Presentations:

• Introduction - Policy contexts and opportunities for FAMILYPLATFORM by Pierre Valette (European Commission, DG Research, Head of Unit for Research in the Economic, Social Sciences and Humanities - Prospective)
• FAMILYPLATFORM: The four steps towards the research agenda by Uwe Uhlendorff (Overall Co-ordinator - FAMILYPLATFORM, Technical University Dortmund)
• Overview of the state of the art of research on families and family policy in Europe by Kimmo Jokinen (Family Research Centre, University of Jyväskylä)
• Overview of the critical review of research on families and family policies in Europe by Karin Wall (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)
• Outcomes of the foresight and future scenarios by Olaf Kapella (Austrian Institute for Family Studies, University of Vienna) and Anne-Claire de Liedekerke (MMMEurope)
• The research agenda: main dimensions by Loreen Beier, Elisa Marchese, Anna Dechant, Dirk Hofäcker and Marina Rupp (State Institute for Family Research, University of Bamberg)
• The proposed research agenda: life course and transitions by Marina Rupp (ifb)
• The proposed research agenda: demographic change by Loreen Beier & Anna Dechant (ifb)
• The proposed research agenda: care by Elisa Marchese (ifb)
• The proposed research agenda: doing family by Marina Rupp & Dirk Hofäcker (ifb)
• The proposed research agenda: migration by Anna Dechant (ifb)