Member Organizations Region Europe

European Association for Home Economics

Austria

Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpaedagogik

Finland

Åbo Akademi University Turku

Kotitalousopettajien liitto ry/Federation of Home Economics Teachers in Finland

The Martha Association - MARTTALIITTO RY LAPINLAHDENKATU

Germany

BerufsVerband Oecotrophologie e.V. (VDOE)

Berufsverband Hauswirtschaft e.V.

Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat

Bundesverband Hauswirtschaftlicher Berufe MdH e.V.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hauswirtschaft (dgh) e.V.

Verband der Lehr- und Beratungskräfte für Haushalt und Verbrauch Im Ländlichen Raum (VLB)

Ireland

Association of Teachers of Home Economics ATHE

Atlantic Technological University, Home Economics Department

Sweden

Hoegskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle

Umea Universitet

Uppsala Universitet

Switzerland

Schweizerischer Verband fuer Facility Management und Maintenance (fmpro)

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.