Essays about: "Intergroup Contact theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Intergroup Contact theory.

  1. 1. ‘Two Schools under One Roof’: How do students of different ethnicities experience partaking in this education system : A Case Study of Gymnasium Mostar

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Robert Marić; [2023]
    Keywords : intergroup relations; integration and segregation; student experience; education system; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

    Abstract : Education is widely acknowledged as a catalyst for social change and progress within society. Contact theory supports this notion and suggests that fostering interactions between individuals from different groups can effectively reduce prejudice and promote peace. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conducting interreligious peacebuilding in sectarian societies: Experiences from Lebanon

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isak Lundholm; [2022]
    Keywords : Intergroup contact theory; peacebuilding; Lebanon; Sectarianism; Interreligious di-alogue; post-conflict societies; Middle East;

    Abstract : Interreligious peacebuilding is one of the oldest methods used in peacebuilding around the world, as religion is often one key factor in war and used both to fuel conflicts or to promote peace and co-existence. However, the use of interreligious dialogue in post-conflict societies is still not fully understood and researcher has still not encapsulated its different components. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Experimental Exploration of Secondary Transfer Effects

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Hane Elsa; Elin Nordström; [2021]
    Keywords : Secondary transfer effect; contact theory; generalized prejudice; minimal contact;

    Abstract : The following study explored the secondary transfer effect (STE) through minimal, online intergroup contact, with a positive and negative dimension of contact through acceptance from outgroup and the rejection from ingroup peers. An experiment was conducted where the participants played an economic game with fictional players. READ MORE

  5. 4. Home sweet home? : Free housing project and integration in Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Tobias Andersson; [2021]
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    Abstract : Every year millions of human beings are forcibly displaced from their homes due to armed conflicts and natural disasters. By the end of 2019, more people than ever before were identified as Internally Displaced People (IDP), with numbers exceeding 45 million worldwide. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sport for Peace : exploring the contribution of sport to cohabitation in a divided society

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Tim Driessen; [2021]
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    Abstract : Sport-for-peace programs rely on sport and contact in order to contribute to intergroup reconciliation efforts and a peaceful society. This thesis asks ‘how contact in a sport-for-peace program influences the willingness to live together in a deeply divided society’? Specifically, this thesis poses that more years of intergroup contact (hypothesis 1) and a better quality of intergroup contact (hypothesis 2) will lead to more willingness to live together. READ MORE