Families and Work Institute was co-founded in 1989 by Ellen Galinsky, current president of the Institute, and Dana Freidman.

From its earliest beginnings, the Institute has conducted studies on the controversial issues of the changing workforce, family and community – from early learning, to work and family, to aging in America. Because its findings often contest common wisdom and are action-oriented, the Institute’s work has influenced the way a vast majority of employees both live and work in the U.S. and abroad.

Over the years, the issues Families and Work Institute has researched have been broad, timely and often ahead of the curve. Some of the most notable issues the Institute studies include:

• The Aging Workforce
• Child Care
• Early Learning and Education
• Family Caregivers of the Elderly
• Improving the Financial Assets of Low-wage Workers
• Leaders in a Global Economy
• Overwork in America
• Talent Management
• The Effective Workplace
• Workplace and Career Flexibility
• Youth Views on their Employed Parents and on their Work and Family Lives in the Future

Ultimately, the Institute’s work benefits American employees, their families, and their employers and the other institutions that support them. As the workforce, family and community continue to change, the Institute will continue identify and study the new, emerging issues of the future.

Click here to read the Families and Work Institute's Twenty Years of Research to Live By

For additional information about the history of Families and Work Institute, please contact us at (212) 465-2044 or submit your question(s) online by clicking here.