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

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

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...

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

CRFR Blog Summary Post Relationships, communities and investment: what our recent CRFR blogs tell us, by Emma Davidson edin.ac/4un8eVn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New on the blog! What Happens to Friendship When We Marry? Insights from Urban India, by Himalika Mohanty. Read more here: edin.ac/4tegoPb

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

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

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

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

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

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

📢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

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

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

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

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

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-...

📢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

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

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

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

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

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].

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