Work package 9

Policies and diversity over the life course

Co-leaders: Olivier Thévenon (INED) & Gerda Neyer (SU)

The main objective of this work package is to collect comparative and EU-level policy information to map and analyse crucial family-policy issues in Europe and to explore the role of social and family policies in essential aspects of family and life-course developments. Particular attention will be paid to non-standard families and family members in vulnerable situations or in crucial life-course transitions.
The work package will produce two milestones:

Database of legal issues of same-sex and different sex families
Database on EU family policies initiatives.

Participating partners:

Stockholm University (SU)
Institut National D’etudes Demographiques (INED)
Leiden University – Campus The Hague (UNILEIDEN)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)