Symposium: (Third ISA Forum of Sociology (July 10-14, 2016))

RC06 Family Research

Program Coordinators: Margaret O'BRIEN (University College London, United Kingdom) and Barbara BARBOSA NEVES (University of Toronto, Canada)

Sunday, 10 July 2016

09:00-10:30

JS-1

Family-Friendly Policies and Gender (In)Equality in Paid and Unpaid Work
Session Organizers: Pia SCHOBER and Lena HIPP
Chair: Pia SCHOBER

10:45-12:15

JS-7

Intersectionality and Intergenerational Family Relationships
Session Organizers: Saori KAMANO and Diana KHOR

12:30-14:00

Reflections on Qualitative Research Methods Used in Family Sociology
Session Organizer: Marlize RABE

14:15-15:45

Author Meets Critics: "Fathers on Leave Alone" Edited By Margaret O’Brien and Karin Wall & "Fathering, Masculinity and the Embodiment of Care" By Gillian Ranson
Session Organizer: Margaret O'BRIEN
Chair: Ria SMIT

Monday, 11 July 2016

09:00-10:30

JS-23

The Social Reproductive Worlds of Migrants
Session Organizers: Majella KILKEY, Laura MERLA and Loretta BALDASSAR

10:45-12:15

Contemporary Families in Urban Asia
Session Organizer: JooEan TAN

14:15-15:45

The Social Reproductive Worlds of Migrants II
Session Organizer: Majella KILKEY
Chairs: Laura MERLA and Loretta BALDASSAR

16:00-17:30

Convergence or Divergence of Asian Family Values and Practices: Comparative Studies Based on Cross-National Datasets in Asia
Session Organizers: Hachiro IWAI and Ki-Soo EUN

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

09:00-10:30

Family Change in Western and Non-Western Global Contexts: New Gender Models and Praxis
Session Organizers: Bahira TRASK and Barbara SETTLES

10:45-12:15

Family Change in Western and Non-Western Global Contexts: New Gender Models and Praxis II
Session Organizers: Bahira TRASK and Barbara SETTLES

14:15-15:45

Gender (In)Equality and Labour Markets
Session Organizers: Pia SCHOBER and Lena HIPP
Chair: Lena HIPP

16:00-17:30

Future Perspectives on Work and Family Dynamics in Southern Europe: The Importance of Culture and Regional Contexts
Session Organizers: Isabella CRESPI and Almudena MORENO MINGUEZ

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

09:00-10:30

Stages and Transitions in the Family Life Cycle in an International Comparative Perspective
Session Organizer: Bernhard NAUCK

10:45-12:15

Transition to Adulthood: Longitudinal Data Analyses
Session Organizer: Chin-Chun YI

14:15-15:45

Global Family Issues
Session Organizer: Mark HUTTER

16:00-17:30

RC06 Business Meeting

Thursday, 14 July 2016

09:00-10:30

The Families We (Do Not) Want: Constructing the Past, Present and Future Families through Rituals
Session Organizer: Rosalina COSTA

10:45-12:15

Troubling 'families'? Global Futures for Family Discourses and Practices.
Session Organizer: Jane MCCARTHY

14:15-15:45

Social Policy, Feminism and the Decline of Patriarchal Fatherhood
Session Organizer: Michael RUSH

16:00-17:30

Connecting Families? Family Life and Communication Technologies
Session Organizers: Claudia CASIMIRO and Barbara BARBOSA NEVES