Published: Existential Field Summary Reports

27th April 2010

Reports Published - Stakeholders Invited to Comment

Reports charting the contemporary field of family research in the EU, are now available to download. Produced by expert in research teams across the EU, these reports assess existing research and review current knowledge.

The Working Reports cover the following Existential Fields (themes), as follows:

1. Family Structures & Family Forms
2. Family Developmental Processes
3. Major Trends of State Family Policies in Europe
4. Family and Living Environment and Local Politics – Programmes and Best Practice Models
5. Patterns and Trends of Family Management in the European Union
6. Social Care and Social Services
7. Social Inequality and Diversity of Families
8. Media, Communication and Information Technologies in the European Family

In addition, two Expert Reports have been commissioned to give a broader overview of two areas of interest:

1. Transitions into Parenthood
2. Development of Standards of Social Care Services for Families

Stakeholders in the FAMILYPLATFORM project are invited to comment on these reports so that their experience and knoweldge can be taken on board as part of the Critical Review of Existing Research on Families.