Book video Tanja Ahlin | Calling Family

How do digital technologies shape both how people care for each other and, through that, who they are? In 'Calling Family', anthropologist Tanja Ahlin explores how digital technologies shape elder care when adult children and their aging parents live far apart.
On 21 November 2024, the AISSR hosted its annual Harvest Day, a landmark event where social scientists and key organizations gather to reflect on the outcomes of their research. The theme for this year was Global Social Science. The event featured six books by AISSR researchers, each offering a global or comparative perspective:
Tanja Ahlin on Transnational Care
Sarah Bracke on Population Replacement Conspiracy Theories
Jeroen Bruggeman on the History of Humankind
Brian Burgoon on Geopolitics & Democracy
Hein de Haas on How Migration Works
Marcel Hanegraaff on Global Advocacy