We are delighted to announce the dates for the 2018 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference!
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on June 21-23, 2018 at the Capital Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. The 2018 conference theme is "OpenScience: Assumptions and Translation of Work and Family Research."
The conference will focus on using dialogue and processes that challenge assumptions relevant to:
1) designing and conducting research; and
2) “translating” research to stakeholders (such as policy makers and decision-makers at the workplace) who can use the findings for evidence-based decision-making.
These assumptions include the “taken-for-granted” ideas about work-family aspirations and experiences of diverse populations, employees working at diverse occupations at diverse workplaces, data collection methods, approaches for data analysis, and conceptual frameworks. The challenge is viewed as a catalyst that can energize translational science as well as evidence-based, solution-focused behaviors.
The Call for Papers will be coming out later this spring, and the deadline for submissions will be in November 2017.
We anticipate another extraordinary program reflecting the research and work of a truly global community of scholars, and hope you will plan to be with us!
Questions? Please contact us at workandfamily@sas.upenn.edu.
Kathleen Christensen & Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
WFRN Co-Presidents