Earlier this week, Alex Scacco (WZB) presented ongoing research on intergroup contact and prejudice titled ‘Intergroup Avoidance: Observational and Experimental Evidence from Israel. Dr. Scacco and co-authors (Alexandra Siegel and Chagai Weiss) employ a range of empirical strategies to critically evaluate the role that online information, particularly when conveyed through social media, plays in intergroup relations…

Last week, Professor Leonardo Arriola (UC Berkeley) shared great new research on migration in Depression-era Texas. The results indicate that local politics played a key role in the migration decisions of Mexican Americans. They were less likely to leave counties with local political machines, which traded political protection for votes. The same was not true…

Thanks again to Professor Angela Ocampo (University of Michigan) for presenting her project on US Latino attitudes towards policing and militarization in Latin America. Based on an original survey, she finds that the type and frequency of violence have especially strong effects on support for usage of the military and armed forces to address these…

Alice Xu (Yale) presented her project examining segregation and spatial externalities of inequality in urban Brazil. She finds socioeconomic diversity generates cooperation for public goods, in response to negative externalities of inequality

The Global Diversity Lab was delighted to host Professor Saumitra Jha earlier this week for his stimulating presentation on the formation of autocratic values in Vichy France. Check out the paper draft here to learn more about this important work.

Professor Elliot Green (London School of Economics) presented his recent CPS article, “The Politics of Ethnic Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa” at the Global Diversity Lab and discussed possible extensions and future projects.

Professor Yang-Yang Zhou (University of British Columbia) presented a working paper with Guy Grossman (University of Pennsylvania) titled “When Refugee Exposure Increases Incumbent Support through Development: Evidence from Uganda” at the Global Diversity Lab on Tuesday, September 22.

Professor Rahsaan Maxwell (UNC-Chapel Hill) presented an ongoing project examining the connection between presidential elections and racial, national, and partisan identities among people of color at the Global Diversity Lab on Friday, March 19.

Professor Ali Valenzuela (Princeton) presented his book project, “Mobilizing Unity: How Identity Entrepreneurs in Competitive Elections Forge the Latino Vote” at the Global Diversity Lab on Friday, March 19.

Professor Erin Kelly (MIT-Sloan) presented her research on racial and gender inequality in the workplace at the Global Diversity Lab on Friday, March 12.

Professor Jeremy Horowitz (Dartmouth) and Professor Kristin Michelitch (Vanderbilt) presented their paper, “How Personal Narratives Reduce Negative Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Kenya” at the Global Diversity Lab on Friday, February 19.