["On the way to a family science"]

The first chair of family science has been set up at the University of Erfurt to serve interdisciplinary research work in the field of the family. In a survey, the author presents the current state of knowledge on family science, followed by considerations and observations on the obvious necessity for such a discipline.

Dr. rer. pol. Max Wingen, Honorarprofessor an der Universität Konstanz, Ministerialdirektor a.D.; zuletzt Abteilungsleiter im Bundesministerium für Familie und Senioren, zuvor Präsident des Statistischen Landesamtes Baden-Württemberg (mit familienwissenschaftlicher Forschungsstelle)