Congress programme
Wednesday, 26. September
14.00 Opening Ceremony
Plenary 1. Families in a Changing Europe
1. Prof. Hans Bertram (Humboldt University, Berlin)
Families in contemporary Europe: Family, Ties and Care
2. Prof. Chiara Saraceno (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)
Demographic change, social inequalities in facing old-age dependency: a bi-generational perspective
16.30 Symposium session 1
19.00 Reception
Thursday, 27. September
09.00 Plenary 2A: Migration
1. Researcher Albert Kraler, (International Centre for Migration, Wien).
Migrant Families, Gender and Generations - A European Family Policy Perspective
2. Prof. Claudine Attias-Donfut (Centre Edgar-Morin, L’ Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Transition to retirement and aging in the immigrant population
09.00 Plenary 2B: Children and care
1. Prof. Lieselotte Ahnert (Institut für Entwicklungspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Wien)
The importance of close relationships for early development and beyond
2. Prof. Edward Melhuish (Director, Institute for the Study of Children, Families & Social Issues. Birkbeck, University of London).
Early Years and longer-term development
10.30 Symposium session 2
14.00 Symposium session 3
16.30 Round table: Making persons and families
– ethical perspectives on new reproduction strategies
Chair: Professor Marit Melhuus, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
1. Dr. Heidi Fjeld (Department of Community Medicine, University of Oslo) Making persons - Assisted reproduction and surrogacy
2. Dr. Ian Curry-Sumner (Voorts Legal Services) Legal perspectives on new reproductive technology including surrogacy arrangements.
Round table discussion: Children and parenthood: New reproductive technology –ethical and legal challenges
Prof. Susan Golombok (Cambridge University), Prof. Rosa Rosnati, (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan), Researcher
Olga Tkach (Centre for Independent Research St.Petersburg). Dr. Heidi Fjeld (University of Oslo) Dr. Ian Curry-Sumner (Voorts
Legal Services).
Friday, 28. September
Plenary 4: New Issues - New Methodology?
1. Prof. Meinrad Perrez (Univeristy of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Online Training for Parents: "Coping with Stress in the Family"; Intervention and use of new communication technology.
2. Prof. Jennifer Mason (University of Manchester)
Relatedness and belonging: new methods
3. Prof. Susan Golombok (Director, Centre for Family Research, Cambridge University): Methodological challenges in doing research on family relations in families using assisted reproductive technologies
10.30 Symposium session 4
14.00 Symposium session 5
17.00 Poster session
18.00 Social event: Maihaugen
20.00 Conference Dinner
Saturday, 29. September
09.00 Symposium session 6
11.30 Closing session:
Prof. Karin Wall (Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) of the University of Lisbon.):
Major challenges for research on families and family policy in Europe
