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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New on the blog! Gavin Morgan reports on how Growing2gether’s Early Learning Centre (ELC) / Nursery Programme has supported more than 3,000 children and young people across Scotland. Read more here: www.crfr.ac.uk/growing2geth...
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The Binks Hub @thebinkshub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're thrilled to share our Binks Hub Celebration Day, happening at Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday 8th October! Join us to celebrate five years of community collaboration in research. Find out more and browse the programme of events: edin.ac/4h2ZH58
Event image: selection of artwork associated with Binks Hub projects on the left hand side, with central text reading: "Thursday 8th October, The Binks Hub Celebration Day: Research with Communities - Join us to celebrate five years of community collaboration in research"
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New on the blog Read Sucharita Sen on the role of digital technologies in the making of marriage. www.crfr.ac.uk/the-digital-...
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 News from our network 📢 The Transforming Friendship Focused Support project has co-created a suite of resources to improve friendship support for care experienced young people and young adults. Read more here: www.staf.scot/friendship-r...
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Friendship resources
Access resources created by the team behind our Transforming Friendship Focused Support project, launched at the Staf National Conference 2025.
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Space, mobility, and the politics of non-normative relationships With Dr Anna Heinonen (East Finland), Dr Francesca Stella (Glasgow) and Abby McCutcheon (UoE) 29 Sep, 12-2pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building space-mobility-and-the-politics.eventbrite.co.uk
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Space, mobility, and the politics of non-normative relationships
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
LGBTQIAP+ Experiences of Expulsion: Reflections on Family, Violence, and Temporalities in the Brazilian Context With Jesser Ramos, USP. Co-organisedwith the Kinship Hub and chaired by Siobhan Magee. 22 Sep, 12-2pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building Register: lgbtqiap-experiences.eventbrite.co.uk
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LGBTQIAP+ Experiences of Expulsion
Reflections on Family, Violence, and Temporalities in the Brazilian Context
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We are delighted to announce two more events for 2026/27!
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Event Announcement! “Why We Left Home”: Youth, Marriage and Inter-caste-religious Intimacies in Rural India, with Disha K R why-we-left-home.eventbrite.co.uk
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New on the CRFR Blog! Read Veronica Gruca on the challenge of maintaining family ties in Mongolia, both within kin networks and among neighbours. www.crfr.ac.uk/navigating-d...
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ICYMI! "Making Family" in Rural Mongolia : Insights from a failed marriage, with Veronica Gruca 17 April, 11am – 12.30pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building An exploration of the failed integration of a prospective wife into a herding family in rural Mongolia. Register: edin.ac/4cXkx4g
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Join us TOMORROW! Book Talk - Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China 25 March, 11am-12.30pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building More info and register: edin.ac/4b1hXaX
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Read our latest CRFR Briefing: Grandparents or free nannies? Grandparenting and intergenerational dynamics in rural-to-urban migrant families in China By Dr Yingzi Shen, University of Sheffield www.crfr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
ICYMI Book Talk - Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China 25 March, 11am-12.30pm, Chrystal Macmillan Building More info and register: edin.ac/4b1hXaX
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
CRFR Blog Summary Post Relationships, communities and investment: what our recent CRFR blogs tell us, by Emma Davidson edin.ac/4un8eVn
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Relationships, communities and investment: what our recent CRFR blogs tell us - Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
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 diffe...
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Don't forget to register for A Roof of One’s Own: Houses, hierarchies, and the fragilities of women’s access to property in Kerala, India Tuesday 31 March 2026 12pm – 1.30pm Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building edin.ac/4bnZRBo
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Sign up for the next event in our seminar series! Book Talk - Embedded Generations: Family Life and Social Change in Contemporary China. Wednesday 25 March 2026 11am – 12.30pm Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building edin.ac/4b1hXaX
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New on the blog! 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. Read more: edin.ac/4kNLb1r
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New on the blog! 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. Read more: edin.ac/3OY27GA
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Last chance to register! 'Afterlives of Retirement: Temporary migration, family and aging in the Gulf', supported by the Citizenship and Migration Research Network, with Dr İdil Akıncı-Pérez. 24 Feb, 12-1.30pm, Seminar Room 1, CMB Join us! edin.ac/4biVUOD
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
One week to go! 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 Join us! edin.ac/4biVUOD
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
ICYMI! 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
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GENDER.ED at the University of Edinburgh @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This week! Book Forum: Janet Carsten’s Marriage and the Moral Imagination Friday 13 Feb, 3pm-5pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Co-badged with @crfr.bsky.social, Social Anthropology, and the Kinship Hub. Register here: edin.ac/4qnMKVW
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New on the blog! What Happens to Friendship When We Marry? Insights from Urban India, by Himalika Mohanty. Read more here: edin.ac/4tegoPb
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GENDER.ED at the University of Edinburgh @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Next week! Book Forum: Janet Carsten’s Marriage and the Moral Imagination Friday 13 Feb, 3pm-5pm, Violet Laidlaw Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Co-badged with @crfr.bsky.social, Social Anthropology, and the Kinship Hub. Register here: edin.ac/4qnMKVW
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 30/01/2026
We’re happy to share that Dr Brenda Herbert, Sociological Review Fellow 2024–25, is publishing her book The Everyday Lives of Children Who Have Experienced Domestic Abuse on 19 Feb 2026! Book launch on 12 March at UCL: buff.ly/SOu9LnC
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
New book by Prof Julie Brownlie, Sociology Drawing on empirical and theoretical research it seeks to interrogate the idea of kindness through bringing together sociological work on emotions and relationships with cultural sociology. edin.ac/49qXKvK Published by @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Manchester University Press - A sociology of kindness as everyday enchantment
A sociology of kindness as everyday enchantment - Browse and buy the eBook edition of A sociology of kindness as everyday enchantment by Julie Brownlie
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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
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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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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Read our latest CRFR Briefing: South Asian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Divorce in Scotland. By Nughmana Mirza and Rosemary Elliot, University of Glasgow. edin.ac/450NJmk
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📢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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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
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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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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
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: edin.ac/42UCQBC
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CRFR & Sociology Seminar Series: Evidencing Relationships
Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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. www.crfr.ac.uk/thinking-of-...
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📢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
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CRFR & Sociology Seminar Series: Evidencing Relationships
Evidencing Relationships: Young, mobile UK-EU couples and the UK immigration regime
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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
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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.
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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 crfr@ed.ac.uk.
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Centre for Research on Families and Relationships @crfr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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. www.crfr.ac.uk
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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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