State Institute for Family Research, University of Bamberg

State Institute for Family Research University of Bamberg
D - 96045 Bamberg
Germany
www.ifb-bamberg.de

The institute was founded in 1994 and is affiliated with the Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg. It is an institution of the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Order, Family and Women and is located in Bamberg. It is directed by Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld, and Dr. Marina Rupp is vice-director. The academic staff actually consists of 15 members and is composed interdisciplinarily. They represent the fields of sociology, psychology, economy and education.

The ifb’ s main goals are to conduct basic as well as applied research in the social sciences, as well as to provide policy advice and scientific evaluation of demonstration projects. The institute’s research programme is established by the institute’s advisory board, consisting of the Institute’s director, two full professors of the University of Bamberg, one representative of the Institute’s scientists, and one representative of the Bavarian State Ministry of Labour and Social Order, Family and Women.

Using various quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches, the institute aims to provide up-to date analyses on various topics, including:

• the social, economic, and legal living conditions of families,
• the impacts of labor market and workplace on families and parenting
• recent developments in family structure
• gender relations and the changing roles of family members
• prevention- and support-initiatives for children and adolescents
• developments in family-related policy at the national and international level

Research results are regularly disseminated via a series of “ifb-research reports”, the Journal of Family Research ("Zeitschrift für Familienforschung") as well as congress proceedings and workshop reports.

Role within FAMILYPLATFORM:

IFB is responsible for Existential Field 1: Family Structures and Family Forms, and for work undertaken as part of the European Research Agenda.

Staff involved in FAMILYPLATFORM:

Marina Rupp, acting manager of the Institute for Family Research at Bamberg University, is responsible for scientific coordination, supervision and implementation of the accompanying research.

Dirk Hofäcker (researcher at the State Institute for Family Research) edits and compiles all necessary documentation and act as an intermediary between the participating network actors and Activity management. Both will be responsible for the scientific excellence of the methods and techniques applied all work package deliverables.

Part-time positions have been established through the platform budget: Loreen Beier, Elisa Marchese and Anna Dechant are completing the team and assisting in all practical and administrative day-to-day work.