Inclusivity Norms to Counter Polarization in European Societies (INCLUSIVITY)

The project team focuses their research on inclusivity norms, which are social group norms that promote equality-based respect, dialogue and unity, to prevent the harmful consequences of polarization for the social tissue of European communities. The goal of the project is to advance research on current European challenges in three ways. First, to provide an evidence-based approach to countering polarization in Europe. Second, they use experimental and network approaches to inclusivity norms, which will to uncover the relational nature of norm transmission, as well as the conditions under which inclusivity norms amplify tolerance, contact and cooperation. Third, the project will result in open-access empirical data on similarities and differences in inclusivity norms between 16 European countries and groups within European countries, including EU separatist movements (e.g., Catalonia). The team will use an interdisciplinary and mixed-methods approach, which combines a cross-European survey, laboratory experiments, social network analysis, and an evaluation of school-based interventions to study how inclusivity norms can change individuals' attitudes and behavior toward opposing groups. With the project the team intends to provide knowledge on how to optimize transmission and adoption of inclusivity norms in contemporary Europe. The project team plans to transfer valuable knowledge to both stakeholders and the general public by creating an international hub of research on inclusivity norms, facilitated by implementing workshops, conferences, a multilingual website specifically designed for practitioners and non-experts, and ongoing collaborations with these and other stakeholders.

项目团队聚焦于包容性规范的研究，此类规范系社会群体规范，旨在促进基于平等尊重、对话与团结的价值观，以防止极化对欧洲社区社会肌理造成的有害后果。项目旨在通过三种方式推进对当前欧洲挑战的研究。首先，提供基于证据的对抗欧洲极化的方法。其次，采用实验和网络方法研究包容性规范，旨在揭示规范传播的关联性本质，以及包容性规范在何种条件下能够增强容忍度、接触与合作。第三，项目将产生关于16个欧洲国家及其国内群体（包括欧盟分离主义运动，如加泰罗尼亚）在包容性规范相似性与差异性方面的开放获取实证数据。团队将采用跨学科和混合方法，结合欧洲跨区域调查、实验室实验、社会网络分析和基于学校的干预措施评估，研究包容性规范如何改变个体对对立群体的态度和行为。通过本项目，团队旨在提供关于如何在当代欧洲优化包容性规范的传播与采纳的知识。项目团队计划通过创建一个关于包容性规范的国际研究中心，并辅以实施研讨会、会议、专为实践者和非专业人士设计的多语言网站以及与这些及其他利益相关者的持续合作，将宝贵知识传递给利益相关者和公众。