Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
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Connecting policy makers, practitioners and academics
We are delighted to be co-badging: Book Forum: Janet Carsten’s Marriage and the Moral Imagination

13 Feb, 3pm-5pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building.

Organised by @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social, co-badged with Social Anthropology, and the Kinship Hub.

Register here: edin.ac/4qnMKVW
January 13, 2026 at 12:18 PM
New on the blog

Beyond the Youth Worker: Why Families Are the Missing Link in Youth Work, by Olivia Darby

Read here: edin.ac/49SCiQg
Beyond the Youth Worker: Why Families Are the Missing Link in Youth Work - Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
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 gi...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Read our latest CRFR Briefing: South Asian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Divorce in Scotland.

By Nughmana Mirza and Rosemary Elliot, University of Glasgow.

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January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
📢Event announcement📢

Join Dr İdil Akıncı-Pérez for 'Afterlives of Retirement: Temporary migration, family and aging in the Gulf', supported by the Citizenship and Migration Research Network.

24 Feb, 12-1.30pm, Seminar Room 1, CMB

Register: edin.ac/4biVUOD
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
ICYMI!

Join Christina Cross for Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families, with Social Policy and GENDER.ED.

16 Jan, 1-3pm, Seminar Room 1, CMB

Register: edin.ac/4pwYrs9
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Event announcement

Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families

With Christina Cross, Harvard University. Organised by Social Policy, co-badged with GENDER.ED and CRFR.

16 Jan, 1-3pm, Seminar Room 1, CMB

Visit: edin.ac/4rJs4ZB
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
ICYMI

Childism, Children’s Rights and the Challenge of Children’s Empowerment

Friday 28 November
5.30pm – 7pm
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre

Part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment.

Register: edin.ac/46sfLs4
Childism, Children’s Rights and the Challenge of Children’s Empowerment
This public lecture will be delivered by John Wall, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Childhood Studies.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
Data from the Brexit Couples Project shows that young, highly mobile couples often struggle to meet these requirements when applying for a partner visa.

Join Katharine Charsley and Jasmin El Shewy on
Wed, Nov 12th, 2pm - 3:30pm

Part of the CRFR Seminar Series
Book your place:

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October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New on the CRFR blog!

Read Yoshinori Kasai on how children build connections within their communities, drawing own his research on how a traditional folk event once provided an important opportunity for children to socialize.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📢ICYMI!📢

Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime

12 Nov, 2pm - 3.30pm, G.05, 50 George Square

Part of the Sociology Seminar Series

With Katharine Charlesley and Jasmin El Shewy

More info and registration: edin.ac/4mgXWAL
CRFR & Sociology Seminar Series: Evidencing Relationships
Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime
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October 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Join us for: Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime

12 Nov, 2-3.30pm, 50 George Square

Part of the Sociology Seminar Series

With Katharine Charlesley and Jasmin El Shewy

More info and registration: edin.ac/4mgXWAL
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There is still time to register for our online event:

Introduction to HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences framework, with Dalia Avello-Vega
30 Sep, 1pm - 2.30pm, Online via Zoom

Visit: edin.ac/3UM73hD
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today is the day!

South Asian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Divorce in Scotland, with Nughmana Mirza and Rosemary Elliot.

Tuesday 23 Sep,12.30-2pm
Violet Laidlaw Room, CMB

There is still time to register! edin.ac/4mKMoXJ
South Asian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Divorce in Scotland
Nughmana Mirza and Rosemary Elliot explore the lived experiences of eight Muslim women in Scotland who went through, or sought, divorce.
edin.ac
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
ICYMI

South Asian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Divorce in Scotland, with Nughmana Mirza and Rosemary Elliot.

Tuesday 23 Sep
12.30-2pm
Violet Laidlaw Room, CMB

There is still time to register! edin.ac/4mKMoXJ
September 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
To kick things off on our new Bluesky channel, we are delighted to announce our first events of Semester 1!

More info here: crfr.ac.uk/news/

Our first newsletter is also out today – if you are not already on our mailing list, you can sign up by emailing [email protected].
September 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hello Bluesky! The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships based at the University of Edinburgh is a network that research connects policy makers, practioners and academics. Follow us on here for updates on events, blog posts, research briefings and other news.

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CRFR - Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships produces, supports, stimulates and shares high-quality social research on families and relationships across the lifecourse. The centre is a partne...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM