Third International FReDA User Conference

On 20 & 21 October 2025, the Third International FReDA User Conference will take place in Wiesbaden and we invite you to discuss analyses based on FReDA data (and/or the relationship and family panel pairfam and/or the Generations and Gender Survey GGS). National and international researchers from all disciplines are welcome.

We will talk about topics like family planning, fertility, parenting, partnerships, gender roles and the division of paid and unpaid work among couples, attitudes towards family and gender roles, intergenerational relationships, mental health and individual well-being, families during the COVID-19 pandemic, and methodological issues in panel and survey research.

If you would like to register now for the Third International FReDA User Conference, you are welcome to do so here. We will accept your registration and keep you up to date.

Forum for lively exchange and feedback

The aim of the FReDA User Conference is to provide a forum for both early career and experienced researchers to present preliminary results, receive comments and feedback from experienced data users and collaborators, and facilitate future collaborations.

Prof. Dr Jutta Mata (University of Mannheim) and Prof. Dr Katharina Wrohlich (DIW Berlin, University of Potsdam) will deliver the keynote speeches at the FReDA User Conference.

The user conference will be face-to-face and held in English. Catering will be provided for lunch and coffee breaks. No conference fee will be charged, travelling expenses cannot be reimbursed.

Past conferences have demonstrated the potential of the data sets

The findings presented at the first and second FReDA user conferences have already impressively demonstrated the exciting analyses that are possible with the FReDA data sets. They provided a forum for lively discussions and an intensive scientific exchange on family demographic research.

Strong interest in Secend FReDA User Conference

Welcome to Wiesbaden: The Third International FReDA User Conference 2025 will take place in the Hessian state capital. Source: © FReDA

Information on the conference venue

The Third FReDA User Conference will take place in Wiesbaden. The event will be held at the Federal Statistical Office, which is a ten-minute walk from Wiesbaden Central Station.

For your initial orientation, we have provided you with an overview from Google Maps, which shows the main railway station and the Federal Statistical Office as well as some hotels in the vicinity.

You can download a selection of possible hotels in the vicinity of the conference venue.