{"id":8,"date":"2026-11-02T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T07:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:33:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster Care Research Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advancing Research, Knowledge and Practice in Foster Care and Alternative Care<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foster Care Research Center is an interdisciplinary research initiative promoted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrostudiaffido.it\">Centro Studi Affido<\/a> dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge on foster care, alternative care, child protection, and the well-being of children, young people, and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center promotes research, scientific collaboration, and knowledge exchange among researchers, practitioners, institutions, and organisations involved in child and family welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By connecting academic research with professional practice, we aim to contribute to evidence-informed policies, improve the quality of care and support services, and promote the rights and well-being of children and young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our mission is to contribute to the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge on foster care and alternative care, adopting an interdisciplinary perspective that integrates social work, social pedagogy, education, psychology, sociology, and social policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We believe that rigorous research, ethical responsibility, and dialogue between researchers and practitioners are essential to understanding the complexity of care experiences and improving support systems for children, young people, and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center seeks to promote research that is scientifically robust, socially relevant, and attentive to the perspectives of those directly involved in care experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advancing Research, Knowledge and Practice in Foster Care and Alternative Care The Foster Care Research Center is an interdisciplinary research initiative promoted by Centro Studi Affido dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge on foster care, alternative care, child protection, and the well-being of children, young people, and families. The Center promotes research, scientific collaboration, and knowledge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edizioni.centrostudiaffido.it\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}