8 October – “Why We Left Home”: Youth, Marriage and Inter-caste-religious Intimacies in Rural India
his talk focuses on inter-caste-religious marriages among young people in India, which have been generally interpreted through the lens of romantic love and individual choice. Disha K R seeks to complicate these narratives by situating such marriages within their specific regional context and its embedded social and structural practices.
Navigating difficult family relationships in rural Mongolia
Veronica Gruca discusses the challenges of maintaining family ties in Mongolia in the face of complex relational dynamics.
Welcome to our new Co-Director, Dr Nicola Boydell
Congratulations to Associate Researcher, Becca Bland, on her PhD success!
Relationships, communities and investment: what our recent CRFR blogs tell us
Over the past year, the CRFR blog has hosted contributions from researchers and third-sector partners working across youth work, policing, volunteering and family support. Each blog focuses on a different and unique issue. But as we reviewed the writings, it was striking to see that they all have a shared message about what helps young people, families and communities to thrive.
Congratulations to Associate Researcher, Becca Bland, on her PhD success!
Congratulations to Associate Researcher, Becca Bland, on her PhD success!
Rebuilding Trust – How Police and Young Marginalised People Can Shape Better Relationships
Alan Mackie explores one of the most pressing challenges for contemporary policing: how to repair and strengthen relationships between young people and the police in resource-deprived communities.
Small acts, big impact: how communities can support families through everyday challenges
Jean Lowe discusses how communities can support families through everyday challenges, and the reasons that can impact someone’s willingness to offer and/or receive a supportive action.
What Happens to Friendship When We Marry? Insights from Urban India
Himalika Mohanty discusses how marriage and anticipated motherhood reshape friendships among urban middle-class adults in India, particularly for women.
Beyond the Youth Worker: Why Families Are the Missing Link in Youth Work
Olivia Darby discusses their recent research on youth work and family engagement. The WONDER Foundation works in over 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America to empower women and girls to get the education they need to exit poverty for good.
Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China
Book Talk with author Liu Jieyu for ‘Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China’.
“Making Family” in Rural Mongolia: Insights from a failed marriage
An exploration the failed integration of a prospective wife into a herding family in rural Mongolia.
Afterlives of Retirement: Temporary migration, family and aging in the Gulf
Dr İdil Akıncı-Pérez explores how multigenerational migrant families in the Gulf are reimagining ageing, retirement, and long-term security in a region defined by temporary migration.
Book Forum: Janet Carsten’s Marriage and the Moral Imagination
Join us for a book forum on Janet Carsten’s Marriage and the Moral Imagination.
Muslim women’s entrepreneurial spaces as spaces of care and solidarity in Delhi, India
Entrepreneurship is commonly associated with productivity and performance, infrastructures, and more recently “start-up” culture. But what when entrepreneurship is grounded in informal, home-based, small-scale businesses driven not by capitalistic notions of profit making but instead by feminist notions of care and empathy?
Who Do You Think We Are?: The Seen and Unseen in Family History
Read Yoshinori Kasai on how we search for our roots, uncovering the records, memories, and hidden gaps that shape family histories in Japan and elsewhere.
Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families
Dr Cross will present her latest book, a ground-breaking study which challenges basic tenets of US social welfare policy with proof that raising Black children in two-parent families does not close racial gaps in life outcomes.
Childism, Children’s Rights and the Challenge of Children’s Empowerment
This public lecture, hosted by the Children and Young People Thematic Hub and partners, and featuring Distinguished Professor John Wall, is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment.
Making Research Matter: Policy Impact and Influence
This practical session is designed for postgraduate students and early career researchers working on families and social relationships.
Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime
The UK operates one of the most restrictive systems worldwide for admitting foreign spouses and partners, requiring couples to satisfy a wide range of criteria over a prolonged period.