The first Joint International Family Sciences Conference 2026 “FACES – Families and Challenges in Evolving Societies in the D-A-CH Region and beyond” took place, organised by Eva-Maria Schmidt from the OIF, as spokesperson for the Family Research Section of the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖGS), together with representatives from the Family Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS), the Swiss Sociological Association (SGS) and the LIVES Centre.
