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Current Research Programme:
 

Cluster 1: The Regulation of Citizenship, Immigration and Diversity

Cluster 2: Socio-Cultural Integration and Interethnic Contacts

Cluster 3: The Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants

Cluster 4: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts

Cluster 5: Solidarity, Trust and Cooperation in Diverse Communities

 

Cluster 1: The Regulation of Citizenship, Immigration and Diversity

Indicators of Citizenship Rights for Immigrants (ICRI)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2007-
Funding: WZB
Climate Change Impacts on Migration and Urbanization (IMPETUS)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Staff
Dr. Daniel Meierrieks
Duration: 2018 - 2021
Funding: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
The Organization of Religious Diversity in the Military
Head
Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2008-
Funding: WZB and Transatlantic Academy (October 2008 - July 2009)
Naturalization of Immigrants: Obstacles and Opportunities in German Municipalities
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Rafaela Dancygier, Ph.D. (Princeton University, USA)
Quinn Albaugh (Princeton University, USA)
Duration: 2015-
Funding: University Center for Human Values and The Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University
The Meaning of Being German, American, Singaporean: An Inductive Approach to National Identity.
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Johannes Kopf-Beck (Max Planck Institut für Psychatrie, München); Valerie Purdie-Vaughns (Columbia University); Shirlena Huang (National University of Singapore); Eric Thompson (National University of Singapore)
Duration: 2012-
Funding: WZB, Columbia University and National University of Singapore
Cultural Rights of Native Majorities between Universalism and Minority Rights
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Duration: 2014-
Funding: WZB

Cluster 2: Socio-Cultural Integration and Interethnic Contacts

Cultural Interactions between Muslim Immigrants and Receiving Societies (EURISLAM)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Prof. Jean Tillie (Universiteit van Amsterdam); Prof. Dirk Jacobs (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Prof. Paul Statham (University of Bristol), Prof. Marco Giugni (Université de Genève), Prof. Manlio Cinalli (Sciences Po Paris),
Staff
Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol, Dr. Ines Michalowski
Evelyn Ersanilli, PhD (University of Oxford); Prof. Jonathan Laurence (Boston College)
Duration: 2009 - 2016
Funding: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme
Stateways versus Folkways: The Role of Authority Approval in Intergroup Contact
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Duration: 2015 - 2017
Funding: WZB
Six Country Immigrant Integration Comparative Survey (SCIICS)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Evelyn Ersanilli, PhD (University of Oxford)
Staff
Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol, Dr. Ines Michalowski, Prof. Dr. Bram Lancee, Jutta Höhne, Verena Seibel
Duration: 2008 - 2016
Funding: WZB
The Effect of Aggregated Intergroup Contact on Ethnic Minorities
Head
Dr. Susanne Veit, Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Duration: 2015-
Funding: WZB

Cluster 3: The Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants

Ethnic Discrimination on the Labor Market in Comparative Perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Susanne Veit
Staff
Ruta Yemane
Duration: 2013-
Funding: WZB
Growth, Equal Opportunities, Migration, and Markets (GEMM)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Susanne Veit
Staff
Ruta Yemane
Duration: 2015-
Funding: Horizon 2020 of the European Commission
Discrimination of Social Welfare Applicants in the German Bureaucracy
Head
Anselm Frieder Rink
Duration: 2014-
Funding: WZB

Cluster 4: Ethnische und religiöse Konflikte

Gold and Conflict: Evidence from South Sudan
Head
Max Schaub, Ph.D., Anselm Frieder Rink
Duration: 2017 -
Funding: WZB, University of Konstanz Young Scholar Fund

Cluster 4: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts

Genocide, Diaspora and Political Activism
Head
Max Schaub, Ph.D.
Rustamdjan Hakimov (University of Lausanne)
Duration: 2018 -
Funding: WZB Seed Money Grant
Ideological Selection of Refugees
Head
Max Schaub, Ph.D.
Staff
Thomas Tichelbäcker
Duration: 2018-
Funding: WZB
P2P - Past to Present: Do historical institutions of terror influence people's outgroup attitudes today?
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Staff
Anselm Frieder Rink
Duration: 2017 -
Funding: WZB
Against Elites, Against Outsiders: Sources of Democracy Critique, Immigration Critique, and Right-Wing Populism
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Dr. Heiko Giebler, Dr. Susanne Veit
Duration: 2017-
Funding: WZB
Ethnic Ties and Political Mobilization
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Dietlind Stolle
Staff
Eylem Kanol
Duration: 2017 -
Funding: WZB
Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization in Comparative Perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Anselm Frieder Rink, Eylem Kanol
Duration: 2015-
Funding: WZB
Addressing Violent Inter-Group Conflict from the Bottom Up?
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Duration: 2016
Funding: WZB
Ambassadors of Peace? Intergroup Contact and Conflict Resolution in Israel
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Cyrus Samii (New York University, USA)
Duration: 2012-
Funding: USAID, USIP (through New York University, USA)
Xenophobia in (East) Germany
Head
Dr. Susanne Veit, Prof. Dr. Dietlind Stolle
Duration: 2015-
Funding: WZB
German Public Opinion and the Refugee Crisis: Mechanisms of Support and Opposition
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D.
Staff
Dr. Ines Michalowski, Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D., Dr. Susanne Veit, Anselm Frieder Rink
Duration: 2015-
Funding: WZB
The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Staff
Prof. Oliver Strijbis, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol, Prof. Dr. Céline Teney, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weßels, Prof. Dr. Pieter de Wilde, Dr. Onawa Promise Lacewell, Senem Tepe, Niklas Mäkinen
Duration: 2011-
Funding: WZB

Cluster 5: Solidarity, Trust and Cooperation in Diverse Communities

Voter Mobilization in the Echo Chamber: Broadband Diffusion, Internet Use and the Rise of Populism in Europe
Head
Max Schaub, Ph.D.
Davide Morisi (University of Vienna)
Duration: 2016 -
Funding: WZB, University of Vienna
Evangelical Missions and Democratic Values
Head
Anselm Frieder Rink
Duration: 2014 - 2017
Funding: Center for the Study of Development Strategies (through Columbia University)

Concluded Projects

Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where Ethno-Racial Diversity Provokes Neighbourhood Conflict
Head
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer
Joscha Legewie, New York University
Duration: 2013-2015
Funding: WZB
Income Advantages of Poorly-Qualified Immigrant Minorities
Head
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer, Prof. Dr. Céline Teney, Jutta Höhne
Duration: 2013-2015
Funding: WZB
Over-Education among Immigrants in Germany
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Verena Seibel
Duration: 2011-2015
Funding: Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Ethnic Diversity and Cooperation. Causality, Linking Mechanisms, and Context (PhD project)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Dr. Susanne Veit
Duration: 2010 - 2014
Funding: WZB
Integration Requirements and Citizenship Tests
Head
Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2008-2014
Funding: WZB
Gender and Migration on the Labour Market: Additive or Interacting Disadvantages in Germany?
Head
Dr. Fenella Fleischmann
Staff
Jutta Höhne
Duration: 2011-2013
Funding: WZB
Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market. The Role of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
Head
Prof. Dr. Bram Lancee
Duration: 2011-2013
Funding: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion: Immigration, Ethnic Fractionalization and Potentials for Civic Action
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer
Duration: 2009-2013
Funding: WZB
Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion in Germany
Head
Prof. Dr. Bram Lancee
Duration: 2011-2013
Funding: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Is Blood Thicker than Water? Family and Gender Values and Their Impact on the Social Distance Between Muslim Migrants and Natives in Western Europe
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol
Duration: 2009-2013
Funding: WZB
The Group Threat Hypothesis Revisited: A Spatial Analysis of NPD Electoral Support
Head
Prof. Dr. Céline Teney
Duration: 2010-2012
Funding: WZB
Socio-Cultural Determinants of Labour-Market Integration of Immigrants
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Jutta Höhne
Duration: 2009 - 2012
Funding: WZB
The Heuristic Potential of Models of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration for International Comparisons
Head
Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2009-2012
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Nachwuchswissenschaftlernetzwerk)
Ethnic Diversity, Social Trust and Civic Engagement
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer, Dr. Susanne Veit, Anna Ute Dunkel
Duration: 2008-2012
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
The Diffusion of Anti-Immigrant Violence in Germany, 1990-1999
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Duration: 2007-2012
Funding: WZB
Ethnic Educational Inequality: The Role of Neighbourhood Contexts
Head
Dr. Fenella Fleischmann
Prof. Karen Phalet (University of Leuven),
Patrick Deboosere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Karel Neels (University of Antwerpen)
Duration: 2007-2012
Funding: WZB
The Role of Group Competition and Cultural Group Composition in the Provision of Public Goods: An Evolutionary Approach
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Jeroen van den Bergh, PhD (Universidad de Barcelona)
Susanne Rebers, PhD (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam); Dr. Julian Garcia (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Duration: 2005-2012
Funding: Dutch Science Foundation
Second Federal Integration Indicators Report
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Jutta Höhne
Duration: 2011
Funding: Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration
Switzerland: A Nation-State or a Multi-National State?
Head
Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Nenad Stojanovic (Center for Democracy Aarau)
Duration: 2009-2011
Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation, Center for Democracy Aarau, Center for Comparative and International Studies University and ETH Zurich
Germanophobia in Switzerland
Head
Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Duration: 2009-2011
Funding: WZB
Islamophobia in Western Europe and North America
Head
Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Prof. Dietlind Stolle (McGill University)
Allison Harell (Queen's University)
Duration: 2009-2011
Funding: WZB
Interethnic Contact and Residential Segregation
Head
Prof. Dr. Elmar Schlüter
Dr. Johannes Ullrich (Goethe-University Frankfurt), Dr. Peter Schmidt (Philipps-University Marburg)
Duration: 2009-2011
Funding: University of Giessen
Mass Media Influences on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes
Head
Prof. Dr. Elmar Schlüter
Dr. Eldad Davidov (University of Zurich)
Duration: 2009-2011
Funding: WZB
Religion among Muslim Minorities in Europe: Structural Integration, Religious Socialisation and Religious Identities
Head
Dr. Fenella Fleischmann
Prof. Karen Phalet (University of Leuven)
Derya Güngör (University of Leuven), Olivier Klein (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Duration: 2007-2011
Funding: WZB

Projects Concluded Before 2011

Trade-Offs between Equality and Difference: Immigrant Integration, Multiculturalism and the Welfare State in Cross-National Perspective
Staff
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Duration: 2009-2010
Funding: WZB
Ethnic Diversity and Attitudes towards Immigrants: Evidence for Threat or Contact Effects?
Head
Prof. Dr. Elmar Schlüter
Ulrich Wagner (Marburg University, Germany), Peer Scheepers (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Duration: 2009-2010
Funding: WZB
Restructuring Political Conflict in the Age of Globalisation
Head
Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich), Edgar Grande (University of Munich), Martin Dolezal (University of Vienna), Swen Hutter (University of Munich), Dominic Hoeglinger (University of Zurich), Bruno Wüest (University of Zurich)
Duration: 2006-2010
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 536), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Pim Fortuyn: The Evolution of a Media Phenomenon
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Jasper C. Muis (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Duration: 2006-2010
Funding: WZB
VEIL- Values, Equality and Differences in Liberal Democracies; Debates over Female Muslim Headscarves in Europe
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Doutje N. Lettinga (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Duration: 2006-2010
Funding: WZB
The Transformation of Political Mobilisation and Communication in European Public Spheres (EUROPUB)
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Duration: 2000-2010
Funding: European Commission, 5th Framework Programme (1 400 000 Euro)
Host Culture Adoption and Ethnic Retention among Turkish Immigrants and their Descendants in France, Germany, and the Netherlands
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Evelyn Ersanilli, PhD
Duration: 2004-2010
Funding: WZB
First Integration Indicator Report
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Rahim Hajji
Dr. Dietrich Engels (ISG Köln, Germany)
Staff
Jutta Höhne
Mirjam Martin (ISG Köln, Germany); Friedrich Scheller (ISG Köln, Germany)
Duration: 2008-2009
Funding: Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
Biographic Consequences of Parent Child-Separation during the Migration Process: The Case of Guest-Worker Migration to Germany
Head
Prof. Dr. Rahim Hajji
Duration: 2008
Funding: WZB