Transitions was part of the Fifth Framework Programme of the European Commission, under the Key Action Improving Human Research Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge Base

Links to related projects

Other 5th Framework projects with related interests include:

• Households, Work and Flexibility

• Carework in Europe

• Rationality of motherhood choices (MOCHO)

• Informal and social care arrangements for young children and older people (SOCCARE)

•  Improving Policy Responses and Outcomes to Socio-Economic Challenges (IPROSEC)

• Families and transitions in Europe (FATE)

• Family life and professional work: Conflict and synergy (FamWork)

• Gender-sensitive and women-friendly public policies: a comparative analysis and assessment of their progress and impact (EQUAPOL)
  

• Critical research on men in Europe (CROMENET)

• Work changes gender

• Female Employment in National Institutional Contexts (FENICS)
  
  

Projects and research programmes with related interests outside the 5th framework programme include:

• KAIROS

• ESRC Future of work programme

• European Values project (Netherlands)

• ESRC seminar series on Wellbeing

Many more links to work-life balance research sites can be found at http://www.workliferesearch.org/cn.asp

News updates

• The Europa Newsletter provides the latest news and developments on EU websites

• More EU news on policy changes can be read at News update from the Employment and Social Affairs DG