Trend Kinship is being assembled deliberately rather than inherited
Summary
Sitra groups signals in which people recruit relatives, cohabit across generations and pool households to answer loneliness and the cost of care, alongside biomedical work aimed at stretching the healthy span of later life.
Classification
Main topicDemographics & Migration
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Weak Signals 2025: A Magazine from the year 2046 - the signals behind IF* magazine Sitra (the Finnish Innovation Fund) page=5;section=Weak signals related to family life 2025-06-18 accessed 2026-07-25
Observed signals 6
- SignalA Helsinki building designed so residents become friends
- SignalA parent recruits four neighbourhood grandmothers for her child
- SignalLoneliness reframed as a global public health problem
- SignalRecruiting relatives through social media groups
- SignalSingle mothers forming shared households
- SignalStudents housed inside an elderly care home in Kuopio
Part of issues 0
No objects.
Relation types: supports
Public id: fm-a3b2a4d7b8ca