Call for Papers for the 2027 Special Issue
We welcome submissions to our 2027 special issue Time Use and Family Dynamics in Contemporary Europe, guest edited by Tabea Naujoks (University of Rostock), Michaela Kreyenfeld (Hertie School and Einstein Center Population Diversity), Heike Trappe (University of Rostock) and Sabine Walper (German Youth Institute).
Every ten years, European countries collect comparable Time Use data, with the most recent round from 2022/23 now released. This rich dataset enables an in-depth understanding of family life, covering key topics such as the division of work and care, parenting, leisure, public engagement, and mobility. It provides crucial insights into the structuring of time across important social dimensions such as gender, class, and family. Moreover, the data facilitates cross-national comparisons, offering valuable perspectives on how welfare regimes and social policies shape family behaviour and time use. The long-standing tradition of time use data collection across many European countries also allows researchers to examine changes over time, spanning several decades. Furthermore, the data enables researchers to incorporate the children’s perspective on their personal time use. Another topic of rising interest is the well‑being of families and their members.
With this special issue, we aim to bring together scholars who utilize time use data to deepen our understanding of family behaviour in European countries. We invite contributions that address topics such as:
- Time use and individual life course outcomes
- Time availability, autonomy, and time pressure
- Technology use within families
- Cross-national perspective on time use within families
- Parenting behaviour
- Children’s time use
- Methodological challenges and advances in time use data and family research
Send your submission (short abstract) to cpos@bib.bund.de by 15 Dec 2025. Full papers are due by June 1, 2026.
Download the Call for Papers (pdf) for further details.
