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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - InTo (Intergroup toleration: Itâ€™s Nature, Processes, and Consequences for Culturally Diverse Societies)

Teaser

Summary

How to live with cultural diversity is one of the more pressing questions of our time. In Europe and beyond, intergroup tolerance has been proposed as a key aspect of living harmoniously and productively with diversity. Toleration is considered critical because disapproval and disagreement about what is good and right are inevitable. A diverse, egalitarian, and peaceful society does not require that we all like each other, but it does require that people at least tolerate one another. This project will unravel the interrelated aspects of toleration by examining:
1) the nature and processes of intergroup tolerance;
2) the boundaries of intergroup tolerance;
3) the social psychological consequences of being tolerated.

This can form the basis for developing and implementing initiatives and approaches that contribute to a more tolerant society.

Work performed

The work in the first 16 months involved the following:
First, the appointment of one postdoc researcher, three PhD students and a project manager.
Second, an in-depth study and team discussion of relevant theoretical and empirical literature. The aim of this was to develop a common focus and language within the research team and to develop novel ideas for empirical research.
Third, team members have been (re-)analyzing existing public datasets that contain information on toleration and allow for an analysis of various correlates and measurement techniques.
Fourth, team members gave presentations at different seminars and research meetings to get feedback on theoretical, methodological and empirical ideas and proposals.
Fifth, we have developed and pilot tested the questions and measures that we will use in the main data collection in the Netherlands and Germany. This data collection is scheduled for March/April 2019.
Sixth, we have prepared and submitted several documents for the ethical committees at our faculty, the university, and the ERC. These documents include contracts, informed consent, research information and the questions and measures that will be used and have received the required ethical approvals.
Seventh, we have developed a website for our project: www.intergrouptolerance.eu
Eight, we have proposed with our team a full panel session which has been accepted for presentation at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) July 12-15 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Nine, we wrote one lengthy policy paper on toleration that was published (2019) in Social Issues and Policy Review, and two theoretical papers in which we further outline our theoretical thinking and approach. One of these papers is submitted to an International Journal after being invited to do so on the basis of our paper proposal. The second paper is currently under review with another high impact International Journal.

Final results

In this first period of the project we have written three large theoretical papers that go beyond the current thinking about the intergroup toleration and its policy implications. One of these papers has already been published and the two others are currently under review (see below).
These papers explain in detail the theoretical basis of the InTo project as a whole and its different subprojects, and also discuss some of the key policy implications.
In the coming period we aim to empirically examine the different key aspects of the theoretical framework and systematically test the central hypotheses. This will provide the necessary empirical evidence for making suggestions and recommendations to various stakeholders.