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Our research

We carry out an extensive research programme - promoting best practice, influencing the research agenda and working with a variety of agencies in the voluntary, statutory and private sectors.

Research is at the core of the Institute's activities to support families and promote the wellbeing of children. The Institute leads thinking and innovative development across family policy, the interface between family and state and family services. It examines the way family life is lived in the 21st century, and addresses family relationships, intergenerational dynamics, issues of diversity, and the location of families within communities and society.

Our current research programme includes:

• C4EO theme: Families, Parents and Carers
• Family wellbeing
• Is Parenting a Class Issue?
• Older couples' housing
• Parental Engagement in Children's Education
• Relationship support
• What makes for a positive birth experience? A cross-European comparison of women's experiences of maternity care
• Young British Muslims and their parents: issues of faith, citizenship and identity

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Published research

You can browse through all our printed publications in resources or view summaries of a selection of themes on these pages.

For more details on our research programme please contact research@familyandparenting.org