Objective
The main objectives of this project are to investigate the diversity of family forms, relationships, and life courses in Europe; to assess the compatibility of existing policies with these changes; and to contribute to evidence-based policy-making. The project will extend our knowledge on how policies promote well-being, inclusion and sustainable societal development among families. Our approach relies on three key premises. First, family life courses are becoming more diverse and complex. Second, individual lives are interdependent, linked within and across generations. Third, social contexts and policies shape individual and family life courses. Building upon these premises we a) explore the growing complexity of family configurations and transitions, b) examine their implications for men, women and children with respect to inequalities in life chances, intergenerational relations and care arrangements, c) investigate how policies address family diversity, d) develop short- and longer-term projections, and e) identify future policy needs. Transversal dimensions that are integrated into the project are gender, culture, socioeconomic resources and life stages. Our approach is multidisciplinary combining a wide range of expertise in social sciences, law and the humanities represented in the consortium of 25 research partners from 15 European countries, old and new member states, and three transnational civil society actors. We will conduct comparative analyses applying advanced quantitative methods to high quality register and survey data, and qualitative studies. The project will also develop a database of the legal content of family forms available in European countries, suitable for comparative analyses. Together with various stakeholders, government agencies, national and local policy-makers, non-governmental organizations and additional members of the scientific community across Europe, we will identify and disseminate innovation and best policy practices.
Fields of science
Call for proposal
FP7-SSH-2012-1
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
10691 Stockholm
Sweden
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Participants (28)
1010 Wien
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80539 Munchen
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2000 Antwerpen
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93322 Aubervilliers Cedex
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1010 Wien
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9712CP Groningen
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50014 Fiesole
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10128 Torino
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3062 PA Rotterdam
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L69 7ZX Liverpool
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28028 MADRID
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1150 Bruxelles / Brussel
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08021 Barcelona
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28006 Madrid
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10120 Tallinn
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400084 Cluj Napoca
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81541 Munchen
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3000 Leuven
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WC2A 2AE London
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00100 HELSINKI
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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1015 LAUSANNE
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2311 EZ Leiden
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28015 Madrid
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35122 Padova
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02 554 Warszawa
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1097 Budapest
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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