Since its creation in 2004, AFIN has been characterized by its interdisciplinary focus, its academic relationships with other national and international research groups and institutions, and a clear commitment to ensuring that its research findings reach the citizens and communities.

Professionals from the field of social, cultural and medical anthropology, sociology, education, law, medicine, psychology, and social work attached to various domestic and international universities and institutions, organizations and services, from both the public and private sectors belong to AFIN.

Its main areas of research and applied work include:

• Person, Gender, Body, Care, Health, Death
• Parenting -mothering and fathering-, work-life balance, caregiving, reproductive work and family life
• Human Reproduction -sexual and assisted reproduction, third party reproduction (gametes, embryo, gestation or child provided by a third party), fertility preservation, cross-border reproductive care (CBRC)-
• Reproductive Processes (preimplantation genetic diagnosis, pregnancy/screenings, partum, postpartum, breastfeeding, reproductive loss, endometriosis and other medical conditions)
• Secrecy, anonymity, privacy
• Childhood and Youth, Missing/stolen babies and children