Workshop on Contemporary Challenges for Parents and Children

The workshop invites scholars to examine contemporary family life through diverse theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches, and disciplinary perspectives. It will take place on 20–21 November 2025 at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Berlin, Germany.

Core topics include, but are not limited to:

• Maternal employment

• Unpaid work and childcare

• Child well-being and development

• The role of fathers

• Family decision-making in workplace contexts

• Research using linked data in family dynamics

The keynote lectures are presented by Prof. Arizo Karimi (Uppsala University) and Prof. Pablo Gracia (Autonomous University of Barcelona & Centre for Demographic Studies).

The submission deadline has passed. 

Venue

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung im Statistischen Bundesamt

Friedrichstr. 50

1st Floor

Berlin/Germany

Programme

Thursday, 20 Nov 2025

From 08:45 Registration and Gathering

09:15 Opening and Welcome

09:30-10:30 Keynote 1: Prof. Arizo Karimi (Uppsala University)

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:40 Parallel Session 1: A: Comparative Perspectives on Family Life/ B: Child Penalties

12:40-14:00 Lunch Break @ the Venue

 11:00-12:40 Parallel Session 2: A: Job Loss and Disability in the Family / B: Divorces and Custody

15:40-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:40 Parallel Session 3: A: Investments in Children / B: Division of Unpaid Labour

17:40-19:00 Get-Together @ the Venue

 19:15 Dinner @ “Ristorante Lungomare” (not covered), Krausenstraße 11, 10117 Berlin (Maps↗)

Friday, 21 Nov 2025

09:15-10:55 Parallel Session 4: A: Family-Friendly Firms and Workplace Conditions / B: Parental Employment

10:55-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Keynote 2: Prof. Pablo Gracia (Autonomous University of Barcelona & Centre for Demographic Studies)

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break @ “La Femme” (right across the street, covered)

13:30-15:10 Parallel Session 5: A: Childcare, Labour Supply, and Intergenerational Dynamics / B: Family Policies

15:15 Closing Remarks and End of Workshop

Downloads

Detailed Programme - will be available soon.

Call for Papers

Contact

The workshop is organised by Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg and the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Organizers: Our lovely WORK-MUM team.

E-mail: workmum@bib.bund.de