Overview
A collaborative research program examines equality-based respect, dialogue, social networks, and cooperation. It connects school-based intervention work with longitudinal adolescent studies and cross-national survey evidence. The funded INCLUSIVITY period has ended; related analyses and publications continue.
Research approach
School interventions · Longitudinal surveys.
This project overview explains the research direction; it does not present unpublished estimates or participant-level data.
Related publications
Associations between inclusivity norms and tolerance, contact, and cooperation amid polarization: Evidence from 12 European countries
Schäfer, L. F., Tausch, N., Bukowski, M., Jaspers, E., Lubbers, M. J., van Zalk, M., Ciordia, A., Potoczek, A., Estevan-Reina, L., Shani, M., Simons, J.-W., Friehs, M.-T., Gurbisz, D., Middendorf, W., Schäfer, S. J., Ullenboom, J., Graf, S., Hjerm, M., Lavest, C., Jasinskaja-Lahti, I., Kende, A., Petkanopoulou, K., Prati, F., & Christ, O.
PNAS Nexus, 5(4), pgag087
Longitudinal associations between perceived inclusivity norms and opinion polarization in adolescence
Shani, M., Berns, M., Bergen, L., Richters, S., Krämer, K., de Lede, S., & van Zalk, M.
Social Inclusion, 13, Article 10122
A social network intervention to improve adolescents’ intergroup tolerance via norms of equality-based respect: The “Together for Tolerance” feasibility study
Shani, M., de Lede, S., Richters, S., Kleuker, M., Middendorf, W., Liedtke, J., Witolla, S., & van Zalk, M.
International Journal of Developmental Sciences, 17(1–3), 93–110
Differential effects of friendship and school norms on adolescents’ defending in cyberbullying situations: A randomized school-based experiment
Richters, S., Shani, M., Geyer, L., & van Zalk, M. H. W.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54(7), 1677–1692
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