4th European Congress on Family Science 2013, Bamberg

The Future of the Family

What does the future hold for the family? What factors have a particular impact on families today and in the future? And what are the opportunities and limitations of family research and family policy? Questions such as these were discussed at the 4th European Congress on Family Research. The congress addressed trends and developments, as well as the conditions under which these might persist or reverse. A key focus was on the significance of occupational mobility and migration, which play—and will continue to play—an increasingly important role across Europe. Another issue of central importance is how these processes can be appropriately monitored and studied through scientific research.

Organizing Committee

Olaf Kapella, Austrian Institute for Family Studies (OIF) at the University of Vienna
Marina Rupp, Staatsinstitut für Familienforschung an der Universität Bamberg (ifb)
Norbert Schneider, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden

Publication

Die Zukunft der Familie. Anforderungen an Familienpolitik und Familienwissenschaft. Tagungsband zum 4. Europäischen Fachkongress Familienforschung.

Marina Rupp, Olaf Kapella, Norbert F. Schneider (Hg.)

Barbara Budrich Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-8474-0170-4

Gallery 2013

Here you can find the photos of the congress 2013 (by Christine Geserick)

Programme

Thursday, 6^th June 2013

9.00 Opening of the congress
Opening by Johanna Huber, Bavarian State Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Women
Greeting by Godehard Ruppert (President of the University of Bamberg)
Greeting by Herniette Engelhardt-Wölfler (ifb)
Program information by the organisers

9.30 How is the Family Developing in Europe?
In the cross-fire: Family Policy Between No-more and Not-yet
(Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, Munich)
Pluralisation of Family Forms and Life Courses
(Francesco Billari, Milan)

10.30 B R E A K

11.00 Doing Family - Structuring Everyday Family Life as a Modern Challenge
(Karin Jurczyk, Munich)

11.30 Discussion

12.00 B R E A K and P O S T E R - S E S S I O N

14.00 Basic Conditions Undergoing Change: Chances and Risks
Session 1: What influences the Development of the Family?
Societal valuation and attitudes towards family in a European comparison (Daniela Grunow, Frankfurt)
Child Care as a Central Aspect of Family Policy? (Chantal Remery, Utrecht)
Family Policy in Germany: Time or Money? (Hans-Peter Klös, Cologne)

15.30 B R E A K

16.00 Session 2: The Meaning of Professional Mobility and Migration in Europe
Professional Mobility in Europe (Gerardo Meil, Madrid)
Mobility and the Viewpoint of the Children (Maria Bellinger, Berlin)
Family Live and Trans-nationality (Paloma Fernández de la Hoz, Vienna)

17.30 End of Today's Program

Friday, 7^th June 2013

9.00 The Future of Family Science - Possibilities and Limitations
Challenges to the Formation of Theories (Günter Burkart, Lüneburg)
The Significance of the Internationally Comparing Perspective (Olivier Thévenon, Paris)

10.00 B R E A K

10.30 Influence of Families for the Educational Pathways of their Children (Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Florenz)
The Need for Family Reporting - Practice in Europe (Irene Gerlach, Münster)

11.30 Discussion

12.00 B R E A K and P O S T E R - S E S S I O N

14.00 Parallel Sessions: Methods and Doing Family

Session 1	Session 2
Recent Developments Regarding Survey Approach and Representativity	Neglected Perspectives of Doing Family
Qualitative Approaches in Family Research: Case Reconstruction in Family Research. Case Study of an Unvconventional Family Form (Dorett Funcke, Bochum)	Doing same-sex families in Europe - who, what where? (Maks Banens, Lyon)
Representative Strategies Beyond Landline-Network-Samples (Michael Häder, Dresden)	Family relations beyond houshold-boundaries - Family as Network (Marina Hennig, Mainz)
Possibilities and Limitations of Online-Panels (Marije Oudejans, Tilburg)	Erotic Capital - A Neglected Factor in Research on Couples (Catherine Hakim, London)
Gender-specific Dynamic of Age Preferences - Empirical Evidence from Online Dating (Jan Skopek, Bamberg)	Media, Communications and Information Technologies in Family Life (Uwe Hasebrink, Hamburg)

16.15 End of Parellel Sessions

18.00 Congress Reception

19.30 Evening Program: Family-policy Podium
Subjects: Family-policy Concepts for the Future of the Family | Influence and Impact of the European Guidelines on National Family Policy | Convergence and Accuracy of Fit

Facilitator: Wolfgang Mazal (ÖIF), Vienna
Participants:
Ingo Behnel (Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of the Federal Republic, Berlin)
Ingrid Nemec (Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, Vienna)
Evelyn Astor (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, Brussels)
Norbert Schneider (BiB, Wiesbaden)
Sabine Walper (DJI, Munich)

21.00 End of Today's Program

Saturday, 8^th June 2013

9.30 Family Science is Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary as a Challenge in Practice: The Real Life of Families and the Need for Research from the Perspective of Family Organisations (William Lay, Brussels)

10.15 Podium Discussion: Plea for an Interdisciplinary Science
Moderation Petra Herrmann (Bavarian Radio, Munich)
Participants:
Martin Löhnig (Regensburg), Jurist
Barbara Reichle (Ludwigsburg), Psychologist
Karin Jurczyk (Munich), Social Scientist
Andreas Gestrich (Trier), Historian
Helmut Schneider (Berlin), Economist
Irene Gerlach (Münster), Political Scientist

12.15 Closing of the Congress