Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance

The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence

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Family Troubles?

Family Troubles? raises the question of how we can understand the contested terrain between ‘normal’ family troubles and troubled and troubling families.

How far are difficult or painful events a general feature of family lives, how do troubled families normalise their lives, and when do ‘changes’ and ‘troubles’ become ‘harm’? We aim to create a dialogue between researchers addressing mainstream family change and  diversity in everyday lives, and those focussing on particular problems which prompt specialist interventions, and to consider the implications for policy makers, service users and practitioners.

People involved in work in the Family Troubles? theme include: Brid Featherstone, Janet Fink, Umut Erel, Helen Lomax, Jane McCarthy, Lindsay O’Dell. External collaborators include Carol-Ann Hooper (University of York) and Val Gillies (London South Bank University).

There is currently one overall project in this theme: building on the international Colloquium hosted in London by CCIG and London South Bank University in July 2010. The collaborators are currently completing an edited book collection to be published by Policy Press in 2012/13.

Visit the Family Troubles? The Ongoing Project page for more information, along with podcasts and presentations from the Colloquium.

Learn more about the research programme: Families, Relationships and Communities