24.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Islam Borinca e Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor
Intergroup prosocial behaviors, such as immigrants helping nationals, contribute to improving intergroup relations and strengthening social cohesion. However, people might not attribute genuine prosocial motives to a potential helper when negative intergroup perceptions and expectations shape these relations. The present blog describes research investigating factors that influence help-recipients’ understanding of intergroup
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05.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor, Eva Green e Anita Manatschal
Increasing global migration streams challenge social cohesion. The present blog contribution describes several lines of research examining how social norms shape the ways both national majorities in destination countries and immigrants react to increased diversity and its consequences. Overall, this research shows how social norms operating at the national and
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28.01.2020 , in ((Sanctuary Cities))
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David Kaufmann
Sanctuary cities are a US phenomenon. But can they also be found in Europe? This blog post synthesizes the insights of three studies examining the variety of urban policies in support of irregular migrants in Europe. Only approximately 37 percent of the major European cities have formulated such a policy.
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14.01.2020 , in ((Esperienze))
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Silvia Wojczewski
Descendants of international migrants have differing relations and connections to the country of their parents’ origin. Through the portraits of Aminata and her father Lansana – both Germans of Guinean origin, I studied the shifting meaning of “diaspora” for subsequent generations. The diasporic identity could be seen as disentangled from
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14.11.2019 , in ((Visible Minorities))
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Nadine Felix
Auf dem angespannten Zürcher Wohnungsmarkt haben es alle schwer, eine günstige Wohnung zu finden, einige jedoch mehr als andere. Diskriminierung kann ein Grund von vielen für eine Absage sein. Weil das Angebot knapp und der Druck auf die Entscheidungsträger*innen hoch ist, gehen diese häufig den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes und
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