International Federation for Home Economics

13/10/2026

The next Teacher Seminar takes place online on 28th October 2026, 5pm JST (UTC +9)
Under the title: The Integrative Nature of Home Economics: A Holistic Approach to Human Life, Prof. Yukiko Kudo will share her understanding of the integrative nature of Home Economics, developed through her work in the philosophy of Home Economics.
For more information and registration please visit: https://www.ifhe.org/events/teacher-webinar-series
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29/09/2026

We are pleased to share that the first official announcement for the XXVI IFHE World Congress 2028 is now available online. Please visit https://www.ifhe.org/events/world-congress-2028 to explore comprehensive details regarding the premier conference venue in Wellington, New Zealand, local travel opportunities, and the event timeline.

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25/09/2026

The IFHE Newsletter September 2026 is now available on the IFHE Website - Member Area - Newsletter. Please log in with your e-mail address and passwort and learn about the most recent IFHE activities:

International Professional Home Economist Certificate (IPHE)
World Home Economics Day 2027
IFHE Council Delegates Assembly 2026
United Nations Activities
IFHE Online Activities
Upcoming Regional and International Events
IFHE Membership

Enjoy reading!

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17/09/2026

Join us for our next international Junior Forum session:
Key relationships: Mentoring in Home Economics
🎤 Host: Heike Müller (Austria)
📅 Date: 28 September 2026
🕑 Time: 1:00 PM CEST
💻 Platform: ZOOM
This interactive session will bring together students, doctoral researchers, postdoctoral scholars, and emerging professionals from the broad field of Home Economics and related disciplines. Together, we will explore key relationships in home economics as a discipline, learn from good practices of mentoring at schools, universities, and other professional settings, and reflect on the issue of why mentoring matters for home economists in our age and era.
Interested in joining us?
📧 Register via: [email protected]
The ZOOM link will be shared with all registered participants prior to the event.
We look forward to welcoming participants from around the world and creating a space for exchange, networking, and inspiration.

16/09/2026

Join the CAHE Presentation on Mental Health - it is such an important subject! Contact your CAHE contact for log in details.

Contact your CAHE contact for log in details.

10/09/2026

Volume 19 1 (2026) of the International Journal of Home Economics is now available for free download on the IFHE website. Visit https://www.ifhe.org/ejournal and learn about the most recent studies in home economics.
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03/09/2026

University of Malta special journal issue focusing on HE education.
Ten articles about Home Economics curriculum, research and practice, and related aspects, feature in the latest Special issue of the Malta Review of Educational Research (MRER).
With an Introduction by lead editor Prof Suzanne Piscopo and Editorial by co-editor Dr Karen Mugliett this series of peer-reviewed articles cover topics such as nutrition, lifeskills and sustainability knowledge and education; Home Economics in schools and in the community; teacher training; household food consumption and expenditure; childhood culinary skills and impact on dietary habits; programme planning and evaluation; and gender issues and curriculum history. The articles spotlight the Mediterranean region with authors hailing from Malta, Morocco, Egypt, and Slovenia.
All articles are available here https://www.mreronline.org/issues/issue-1-june-2026/

The MRER is an open access journal published by the Faculty of Education of the University of Malta, founded 20 years ago by Prof Carmel Borg.
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28/08/2026

27/08/2026

The next Teacher Seminar takes place online on Wednesday 9th September 2026, 6.30pm EDT (UTC -4)
Dr Janine Duncan, Dr Kerry Renwick & Ms Audrey Jones-Drayton present: ‘Building Community–Advancing Home Economics'

The IFHE Region of the Americas offers its first seminar series. This year’s theme centers around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their relevance to home economics/family and consumer sciences.The webinar is focused on developing collaborations to sustain Home Economics professionals, while building competencies to advance sustainability through home economics.

Seminar Aims:
Developing a Home Economics Inter-Professional Collaboration
Building Unified Messaging: Wellbeing Through Sustainability
Driving Home Economics Action to Advance Wellbeing Through Sustainability
Next Steps and Opportunities

The seminar series purposefully builds on people’s prior knowledge through an interactive experience to increase participant knowledge, dedication, and professional action to advance sustainability as a key to individual, family, community, and planetary wellbeing.

For more information and registration please visit: https://www.ifhe.org/events/teacher-webinar-series

We are looking forward to meeting you online on September 9th, 2026!

07/08/2026

The IFHE Annual Report "Our Work in 2025" is now available online. Enjoy reading!https://www.ifhe.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Annual_Reports/IFHE_26_01_Jahresbericht_2024_14_WEB.pdf