Purpose
The purpose of INTRAC (the International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care) is to promote national and international research on the transition from care to adulthood (care-leaving). We are a group of over 300 researchers from 48 countries across the globe.
Strategic objectives
INTRAC is a community of researchers that works together towards the following strategic objectives:
1. Facilitating dialogue between care-leaving researchers across the globe.
2. Promoting the development of emerging researchers, viz. doctoral candidates; early career academics; and researchers pioneering care-leaving research in their country.
3. Promoting cross-national research on care-leaving.
4. Creating or supporting opportunities for publication of national, international and comparative studies on care-leaving.
5. Facilitating the utilization of research findings to inform policy and practice.
INTRAC Executive Committee
- Prof Adrian van Breda (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) (Chairperson)
- Prof Berni Kelly (Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Manso (University of Ghana, Ghana)
- Prof Mark Courtney (University of Chicago, United States of America)
- Prof Tehila Refaeli (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
- Ms Ingri-Hanne Brænne Bennwik (CoRiT representative) (VID Specialized University, Norway)
Former Executive Committee members
- Prof Varda Mann-Feder (Concordia University, Canada)
- Prof Eavan Brady (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
- Prof Emily Munro (University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom)
- Dr Rawan Ibrahim (German Jordanian University, Jordan)
INTRAC Constitution
Click here to view the INTRAC Constitution, which was adopted at the online INTRAC Steering Group meeting on 25 June 2021.