Conferentie 'Bridging Cultures, Building Families: Exploring the Dynamics of Multicultural Families'

Van 28 tot 30 mei 2026 organiseerde de International Commission on Couple and Family Relations (ICCFR) haar conferentie 'Bridging Cultures, Building Families: Exploring the Dynamics of Multicultural Families' op onze campus in Schaarbeek.

Tijdens dit driedaagse event presenteerden wij ondermeer de resultaten van ons project over biculturele relaties.

De conferentie verliep in het Engels. We delen graag de presentaties van de key note speakers.

Keynote speakers

Presentations

In addition to the keynote presentations, the following workshops were on offer:

  • What’s Love Got to Do With it? - The immigration law challenges faced by bi-national couples in Ireland and the UK
  • Exploring Mixedness in Postcolonial Europe
  • Mixed Marriages – Transcending love and courage through identities, boundaries and cultural expectations
  • Sickness project: Between Comfort and Pride
  • Supporting Family reunification of Refugee Families
  • Navigating Cultural Diversity and Resilience in Transnational and Multicultural Families & Between faith and silence :social and cultural participation in Indonesian-Turkish marriages
  • Navigating the space between us: Towards diversity trauma and racism sensitive support practices for bi-cultural families
  • Embodied Encounters: Using Drama and Systemic Techniques to Explore Bicultural Couple Dynamics
  • Understanding Autonomy in Multicultural Families: Exploring Challenges, Resilience and Navigation
  • Challenges and Opportunities: Navigating Disempowering Cultural Norms in multicultural Families
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