Coping with Affective Polarization: How Civil Society Fosters Social Cohesion
In the Einstein Research Unit on Coping with Affective Polarization researchers from FU Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Charité will work together with the research unit’s spokespersons Jule Specht, Hanna Schwander, Christian von Scheve, and Swen Hutter to investigate how to cope with the phenomenon that sees people feel a stronger emotional connection to groups that share their own positions, and reject or dismiss those who hold a different view. Known as affective polarization, this phenomenon between social groups can have serious consequences for society.
As well as developing a Berlin Polarization Monitor, the project will identify individual, social, and societal coping strategies, and develop and test various psychological interventions to counteract polarization.
Website: https://affective-polarization.hu-berlin.de
Contact persons
Prof. Dr. Jule Specht
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Psychologie
M: jule.specht(at)hu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Christian von Scheve
Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Soziologie
M: christian.von.scheve(at)fu-berlin.de