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A Message from the Chairman: Reflecting on 20 Years and Looking Ahead
As Chairman, I am pleased to share several key Board updates, but first, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Marta Elvira as she joins our leadership team.
As we begin marking our 20th anniversary, I find myself reflecting on the Foundation’s steady and meaningful evolution. Over the past two decades, we have grown into a vital think tank focused on the human foundations of work and home. Our mission is not peripheral; it is increasingly central to the most pressing questions facing modern society. There is, quite simply, no more urgent or rewarding subject to be engaged in today.
HRF Forthcoming Publication: Home and Climate Change | Routledge
Transforming Societies in the Face of the Climate Emergency. This book discovers how the home acts as a hub of resilience in the face of climate change. It explores how households adapt, innovate, and embrace sustainable living in contemporary cities.
HRF Turns 20: Twelve Months, Twelve Causes
The Home Renaissance Foundation (HRF) celebrates its 20th anniversary as an international think tank dedicated to understanding the role of the home in human development. Based in London, HRF has spent the past two decades researching how domestic environments shape individual wellbeing, family life, and society as a whole
Forthcoming Experts Meeting
Home Renaissance Foundation in partnership with Harvard University, the International Centre for Work and Family (ICWF-IESE), the International University of Catalonia and the Social Trends Institute is organising its next Experts Meeting on Engaged Fatherhood that will be held in 2026 in Barcelona.
HRF Newsletter December 2025: Christmas Message of Thanks and Vision
As this year comes to a close, I reflect with gratitude on all that we have accomplished together at the Home Renaissance Foundation. What we have built continues to grow and evolve, guided by a shared commitment to placing the home at the centre of society. None of this would be possible without your collaboration, insight, and dedication, which remain the true driving force behind our work.
Newsletter September 2025
Every quarter, our chairman Sir Bryan K. Sanderson CBE compiles the most important news from the previous months. Here is our activity in July, August and September.
Legacy Plan -Passing it on-
At Home Renaissance Foundation we have recently launched our Legacy Page, where something far more valuable can be passed on – the gift of a good home.
New book on the horizon
Last week, Prof. Maria José Bosch and Prof. Marc Grau-Grau presented our forthcoming book ‘Nurturing Healthy Relationships at Home and Work’ that will be published this autumn with Springer Publishing. This was at IESE Business School on the occasion of the 11th International Conference organised by ICWF.
Newsletter June 2025
Every quarter, our chairman Sir Bryan K. Sanderson CBE compiles the most important news from the previous months. Here is our activity in April, May and June.
HRF participates in the First Forum on Family Wellbeing at Work in Mexico
Last week, we celebrated the first National Forum on Family Well-being at Work in Mexico City. Home Renaissance Foundation (HRF) was invited by the Institute for Family Policy Analysis (IAPF) to participate as an international think tank.