COST - Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (EN)
Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (TraFaDy) aims to deepen the knowledge of the growing, rapidly changing phenomenon and dynamics of transnational families (TNF) by bringing together researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines and countries to address the need for transnational insights and to formulate policy and practice-oriented recommendations with an impact on international, national, sub-local and local practices.
The main objective of this COST Action is to deepen and broaden the scientific understanding of transnational families by stimulating international and multidisciplinary knowledge exchange and innovation in research, policy and practice.
The action seeks to exchange and develop knowledge on transnational families from different countries and disciplines and to formulate concrete recommendations towards policy and practice.
To achieve this, the Action is structured into 4 thematic working groups (WGs) and 2 horizontal groups, which address critical areas that are gaining importance in research, practice and policy and therefore require significant theoretical and empirical development.
- Kinkeeping within transnational families in a global and digital era;
- Integrating the perspective of vulnerable children and youth in welfare and policy;
- Social rights and social protection of transnational families;
- Health and well-being of transnational families;
- Talking across disciplines: Methodological issues in TNF research and data collection (horizontal group)
- Practices and policy impact group (horizontal group)
Get to know the COST staff
Mieke Schrooten (Action Chair), Sven Iversen (Action Vice Chair)
Grants and protocols
First conference grant call
The first conference grant call for 2023 is now out: apply before January 6 to compete for one of the two dissemination conference grants or one of the four ITC conference grants to attend a conference before 2 October 2023.
First STSM call
TraFaDy encourages and supports the Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs). STSMs are exchange visits aiming at strengthening the existing networks by allowing individual researchers to go to an institution or laboratory in other COST country to foster collaboration and contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action CA21143.
Apply before January 6 to compete for one of the 5 STSM grants to be awarded and conducted before 2 October 2023. Applicants are invited to apply for one of the proposed topics related to specific Working Group (WG) objectives or propose their individual research theme.
First virtual mobility grant call
TraFaDy encourages and supports Virtual Mobility (VM). VMs consists of a collaboration in a virtual setting among researchers or innovators within the COST Action to exchange knowledge, learn new techniques, aiming at strengthening (the existing) networks and contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action CA21143.
Apply before January 6 to compete for the one VM grans to be awarded and conducted before 2 October 2023.
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Becoming part of COST
How to apply to become part of the Network? Find out more here.