The ongoing research in ELSIR covers:

Intergroup Consequences of Collective Punishment

• Understanding collective punishment through the lens of Social Identity Theory
• Examining how collective punishment affects ingroup consolidation and outgroup attitudes
• Investigating the impact of financially-driven collective punishment on ingroup cooperation

Immigration and Cultural Diversity

• Promoting welcoming communities
• Factors affecting the settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees
• Attitudes toward immigrants and refugees
• Strategies for filling the information needs of immigrants and refugees
• The discounting of immigrants’ credentials and skills in the labour market, and employment discrimination
• Perceptions of refugees and refugee policy

National Identity and Its Influence on Social Inclusion, Intergroup Relations and Belonging

• Forms of national attachment and identity, and their influence on intergroup attitudes
• The role of nationalism and patriotism in determining attitudes toward immigrants and immigration
• Determinants of immigrants’ national identity and sense of belonging

Group Competition

• Instrumental Model of Group Conflict
• The role of perceived competition over tangible resources (e.g., jobs) and cultural dominance (e.g., cultural practices of a society) in determining intergroup attitudes

Dehumanization

• Measurement of dehumanization: both explicit and implicit
• Individual and societal determinants of the dehumanization of immigrants and refugees
• Attitudinal and behavioural consequences of dehumanization