If you’re interested in the current state of research on Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs), expat families and international life in general, you’ll want to check out the TCK Research Podcast.
Every episode, hosts Mathieu Gagnon and Andrea Schmitt interview a leading researcher on topics central to the TCK experience.
Episodes posted to date include:
- Dr. Cheryl Hartman: How Missionary Kid experiences shape later adult lives
- Dr. Magdalena Mosanya: How TCKs’ identity configurations relate to their views on the environment
- Dr. Chloé Donohue: Reviewing the published studies on TCK issues concerning identity and belonging
- Dr. Jennie Germann Molz: Worldschooling, Global citizenship and Emotion
- Claire D’attoma: Exploring Third Culture Parenting from the perspective of mothers
- Dr. Yuima Mizutani: Exploring the experiences of TCK Confucian Asian college students
- Dr. Filipič Sterle: Expatriate Family Adjustment, Challenges and Resources
- Dr. Courtney Giboi and Dr. Sanjay Nath: How multi-country immersers develop transnational Identities
- Dr. Ragnhild Holmen Bjørnsen: Assumed privilege, feeling rules and emotion regulation in TCKs
- Dr Kristin Long: Exploring the fractured stories of TCKs with expressive arts therapy
- Katja Aegerter: Exploring different stressors related to expatriate spouses/partners’ wellbeing
Check them out here.
