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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

 
Exposure to and Restrictions of International Travel and the Global Diffusion of COVID-19
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Duration: 2020

Cluster 1: The Regulation of Citizenship, Immigration and Diversity

Alltagsrassismus in öffentlichen Schwimmbädern: Formen und organisatorische Bearbeitungspraktiken
Head
Dr. Max Oliver Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 01.09.-31.12.2020
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
TRANSMIT - Transnational Perspectives on Migrant Integration
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Daniel Auer
Herbert Brücker (BIM), Frank Kalter (MZES), Naika Foroutan (BIM), Andreas Pott (IMIS), Helen Schwenken (IMIS)
Staff
Dr. Max Schaub, Tamara Bogatzki, Julia Stier, Daniel Tuki
Laura Daedelow (BIM), Carolin Wackerhagen (BIM), Inken Bartels (IMIS)
Duration: 2020 - 2022 (2018 - 2019 titled ExiTT)
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)
BODYRULES - Migration-related Changes of Organizational Rules Regulating the Human Body
Head
Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski
Staff
Max Behrendt, Serkan Ünsal, Gizem Ünsal
Duration: 2018 - 2020
Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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
When Do Migration Aspirations Materialize?
Head
Dr. Daniel Auer, Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling
Dr. Friederike Römer (University of Bremen), Dr. Jasper Tjaden
Staff
Hannah Arnu
Duration: 2018 -
Cultural Rights of Native Majorities between Universalism and Minority Rights
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Liav Orgad
Duration: 2014-
Funding: WZB
Naturalization of Immigrants: Obstacles and Opportunities in German Municipalities
Head
Ruth Katharina Ditlmann, Ph.D.
Rafaela Dancygier, Ph.D. (Princeton University, USA)
Jeyhun Alizade (Princeton University)
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
The Organization of Religious Diversity in the Military
Head
Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2008-
Funding: WZB and Transatlantic Academy (October 2008 - July 2009)

Cluster 2: Socio-Cultural Integration and Interethnic Contacts

A rolling stone gathers no moss? Residential mobility among ethnic minorities in Germany and its consequences for well-being (WELLMOB)
Head
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer, Prof. Dr. Sarah Carol
Duration: since 2019
Funding: DFG

Cluster 3: The Socio-Economic Integration of Immigrants

Evaluations of Immigration- and Integration Policies
Head
Dr. Daniel Auer
Prof. Dr. Flavia Fossati (University of Vienna), Prof. Dr. Carlos Vargs-Silva (Oxford University), Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kurt (HES-SO Valais), Dennis Egger (Berkeley University), Dr. Johannes Kunz (Monash University), Dr. Damaris Rose (Uni Cologne)
Staff
Thomas Tichelbäcker
Duration: 2018 -
Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation
Ethnic Penalties, Assimilation, and the Role of Public Attitudes
Head
Dr. Daniel Auer
Prof. Dr. Giuliano Bonoli (University of Lausanne), Prof. Dr. Flavia Fossati (Uni Vienna), Julie Lacroix (University of Geneva), Dr. Fabienne Liechti (University of Lausanne), Dr. Didier Ruedin (University of Neuchâtel)
Staff
Thomas Tichelbäcker
Lea Portmann (University of Lucerne)
Duration: 2018 -
Funding: Bundesamt für Wohnungswesen BWO Switzerland, Swiss National Science Foundation, SFM Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, HR Swiss

Cluster 4: Ethnische und religiöse Konflikte

Disease Threat and the Activation of Antisemitism
Head
Dr. Max Schaub
Duration: 01.09.-31.12.2020
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

Cluster 4: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts

Racist Attitudes in Times of Crisis
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Marc Helbling, Dr. Max Schaub
Duration: 01.09.-31.12.2020
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
Who is Responsible for the Spread of the Corona Virus?
Head
Tamara Bogatzki, Julia Stier, Jana Catalina Glaese
Duration: 01.10.-31.12.2020
Funding: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend
Political Protest and Radicalisation (Protest Monitoring)
Head
Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande, Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Staff
Dr. Sophia Hunger, Dr. Eylem Kanol, Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti, Teresa Völker
Duration: 12/2019-11/2024
Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung & Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat
Genocide, Diaspora and Political Activism
Head
Dr. Max Schaub
Rustamdjan Hakimov (University of Lausanne)
Duration: 2018 -
Funding: WZB Seed Money Grant
Gold and Conflict: Evidence from South Sudan
Head
Dr. Max Schaub, Anselm Frieder Hager, Ph.D.
Duration: 2017 -
Funding: WZB, University of Konstanz Young Scholar Fund
Religious Fundamentalism and Radicalization in Comparative Perspective
Head
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans
Staff
Anselm Frieder Hager, Ph.D., Dr. Eylem Kanol
Duration: 2015-
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
Staff
Magdalena Hirsch, Benjamin Schürmann, Niklas Stoll
Duration: 2017-
Funding: WZB
Xenophobia in (East) Germany
Head
Dr. Susanne Veit, Prof. Dr. Dietlind Stolle
Duration: 2015-
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)

Cluster 5: Solidarität, Vertrauen und Kooperation in kulturell diversen Gemeinschaften

The Association between Perceived and Actual Xenophobia (APAX)
Head
Prof. Dr. Merlin Schaeffer
Staff
Dr. Jonas Wiedner, Dr. Judith Kas
Duration: 2020 - 2021
Funding: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

Cluster 5: Solidarity, Trust and Cooperation in Diverse Communities

Strangers in Hostile Lands: First-Time Exposure to Immigrants and Right-Wing Support Following the Refugee Crisis
Head
Dr. Max Schaub
Delia Baldassarri (NYU and Bocconi University), Johanna Gereke (Bocconi)
Duration: 2017 -
Funding: ERC Starting Grant
Voter Mobilization in the Echo Chamber: Broadband Diffusion, Internet Use and the Rise of Populism in Europe
Head
Dr. Max Schaub
Davide Morisi (University of Vienna)
Duration: 2016 -
Funding: WZB, University of Vienna
Ethnic Riots and Pro-Social Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Head
Dr. Max Schaub, Anselm Frieder Hager, Ph.D.
Krzysztof Krakowski (EUI)
Duration: 2016 -
Funding: WZB, Gerda Henkel Stiftung, EUI