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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3h
#newsletter Our “gesis report” has a new look and is now more modern, cleaner, and easier to navigate. Web version of the newsletter: t1p.de/news_9_26 Subscribe to the newsletter: www.gesis.org/instit...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Conducting surveys across languages? 🌍 Translation quality can make or break cross-cultural comparability. Our #GESISworkshop covers best practices for questionnaire translation, as well as the opportunities and risks of integrating #LLMs into your workflow. ➡️ t1p.de/Questionnair... @gesis.org
GESIS Workshop
Questionnaire Translation: Best Practices and LLM-Based Approaches
08 December | Online 
Brita Dorer, Ulrike Efu Nkong, Dorothée Behr (all GESIS)
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🧩 Every life course tells a story. Sequence analysis helps you identify and compare those stories using longitudinal data. Find out how with @emstruffolino.bsky.social & @raabm.bsky.social. 👉 t1p.de/SequenceAnal... @gesis.org
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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Want to know how GESIS Panel data can help us understand how people feel about surveys? Join the first GESIS Panel Research Spotlight with Matthias Penker (IHS Vienna)! On Oct 7, 2026 at 3:00 pm Online via Zoom Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More Info: www.gesis.org/gesis-panel/...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18/09/2026
#BaS #BookAScientist Wer nicht fragt, bleibt dumm – das wusste schon die Sesamstraße. Bei "Book a Scientist" haben Sie die Chance, sich einer Expertin oder einem Experten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft auszutauschen und alle Fragen zu Ihrem Lieblingsthema loszuwerden. Von GESIS sind mit dabei:
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a cool new project on geocoded electoral data. Come work with us at @gesis.org
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Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Geo-coded electoral data offers immense potential for understanding democratic processes. @dielea.bsky.social, Stefan Jünger, and I will build a research data infrastructure to support the global research community using such data with our DFG-funded project "Electoral Spaces". We are hiring!
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/09/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Doctoral Researcher in election data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 14/09/2026
Many people misjudge how many migrants actually live in their community and how well they are integrated. Berbée, Brinkmann, Gallegos Torres, Lange, Naumann, Sommerfeld, Perceptions of migration and integration in Germany: The role of regional context and migrants’ origin, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11/09/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉Special EB 104.2 (ZA9131, November 2025), includes "European Parliament Autumn Survey 2025", "Attractiveness of vocational education and training", "Perceptions of Antisemitism" 🔗 t1p.de/EB_104_2 @europarl.europa.eu
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GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A recently published study by researchers Katharina Gies & Emanuel Deutschmann (Europa-Universität Flensburg), using GESIS Panel.pop data, found that nearly 60% of over 3,000 respondents grew more climate-sceptical between 2022 and 2023. Now featured on NDR — more details: www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If field experiments are on your research agenda, now is the time to secure your spot in our #GESISworkshop. Registration Deadline: 5 October. 👉 t1p.de/field_experi...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear propensity scores. 🦸 Learn how PSM can strengthen your causal analyses. Still time to register👉 t1p.de/propensity_s...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 09/09/2026
#FReDA The Restricted Use File (RUF) of FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study is now available in version 3.0.0. access.gesis.org/dbk... FReDA is a large-scale, representative, bi-annual panel study launched in 2021.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/09/2026
#GESISindenMedien GESIS-Kollegin Dr. Anne-Kathrin Stroppe gibt in der Apotheken Umschau Einblick in ihre Forschungsarbeit. Sie hat untersucht, wie Wohnort und Versorgungslage die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 beeinflusst haben. Zum Artikel: 🔗www.apotheken-umscha...
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AUSSDA @aussda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you want to learn more about data harmonisation methods or discuss your challenges with experts from @gesis.org, sign up for the live session on Sept, 29th, here: infra4nextgen.com/events/evalu...
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Evaluation of test equating and linking methods for data harmonisation | Infra4NextGen
This specialised technical session is to support the interactive training course: Creating and working with ex-post harmonised survey data.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/09/2026
#DGPsKongress2026 Come and visit us at the 54th DGPs Congress in Luxembourg! www.dgps.de/schwerpu...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗤𝗣 𝟯.𝟬 sqp.gesis.org 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮?
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026
Call for Papers: JSSAM Special Issue on Adaptive Survey Design – Emerging Innovations and Practical Applications. Submit by 28 Feb 2027. Details: academic.oup.com/jssam #SurveyMethodology #AdaptiveSurveyDesign #SurveyStats
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026
#cometoGESIS #workwithus #Gastforschungsaufenthalt #researchvisit We invite Ph.D. students and early career postdocs to come to GESIS. Visiting researchers of the Junior Research Program are involved in our research to publish with GESIS staff, and to develop research ideas and joint projects.
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Methodisch sicher durch Expert*inneninterviews – Anmeldung noch bis 21. September möglich. 👉 t1p.de/expert-inter... @gesis.org
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/09/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉 Standard EB 105.2 (ZA9144, April-May 2026) includes "Europeans’ opinion about European Union’s priorities", "European citizenship", "The EU’s response to the war in Ukraine" & more... 🔗 t1p.de/EB_105_2 @europarl.europa.eu
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wenn Daten hierarchisch strukturiert und Variablen latent sind, ist die Mehrebenen-Strukturgleichungsmodellierung (MSM) die ideale methodische Wahl. In unserem #GESISworkshop lernst du, MSM-Modelle zu spezifizieren, zu schätzen und zu interpretieren – praxisnah in R. ➡️ t1p.de/einf_mod_26 @gesis.org
GESIS Workshop
Einführung in die Mehrebenen-Strukturgleichungsmodellierung
21. – 22. September 2026 | Online
Theresa Rohm (LIfBi)
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
#summertime #vacation #recovery #CUsoon The GESIS social media team is taking a break until the beginning of September! We wish everybody a wonderful August - we are outta here... ...🎤... ...mic drop!
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
A new GESIS Panel.dbd dataset is now available, containing three survey waves collected around the time of the 2025 German federal election — two waves before and one wave after, with 5,599 respondents participating in each of the three waves. @gesis-panel.bsky.social
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉 Special EB 103.4 (ZA9129, May 2025), includes the modules "European Parliament Spring Survey 2025", "Social economy in the life of Europeans", and "Protecting and promoting democracy". 🔗 t1p.de/EB_103_4 @europarl.europa.eu
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 05/08/2026
Standard #Eurobarometer 104.1. Includes standard trend questions, "Europeans’ opinion about European Union’s priorities", "European citizenship", "The EU’s response to the war in Ukraine", "Media use in the European Union" and "Europeans and the #EU budget" dx.doi.org/10.4232/1... @ec.europa.eu
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/08/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Researcher for AI-based Research Workflows (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 50%, limited until 31.12.2028): 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/08/2026
#MeetTheExperts #mte Check out two new videos: Meet the Experts: What is Computational Reproducibility? by Dr. Arnim Bleier: 👉 youtu.be/Ax0uYnYq9yE Meet the Experts: Non-Probability Surveys by Dr. Barbara Felderer 👉 youtu.be/LvFG8Tvbq9c
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 30/07/2026
Der bei GESIS gepflegte #Volltextserver Social Science Open Access Repository #SSOAR sammelt und archiviert sozialwissenschaftlich relevante #Literatur und macht sie frei zugänglich - für eine optimierte Sichtbarkeit von sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsergebnissen. 👉 www.ssoar.info
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 29/07/2026
While video interviewing is not yet a standalone solution, the papers in the new mda Special Issue - guest edited by Fred G. Conrad, Andrew L. Hupp, Tim Hanson and Gabriele B. Durrant - move beyond simple feasibility.
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Week 2 of #GESISsummerschool in Survey Methodology 2026 is rolling along nicely! A lively lunch brought participants & lecturers together, followed by inspiring talks from @lydiarepke.bsky.social & @dielea.bsky.social. Lots of #surveymethodology insights – more to come! 🧠📊 @gesis.org
Welcome reception in the entrance hall.Lunch get-together in the foyer.Lea Kaftann presenting on “Combining Conjoint and Mediation Analysis to Understand Why Some Candidates Are More Popular Than Others”. Surrounded by two colleagues and two lecturers, and participants listening.Lydia Repke presenting on “Can AI Predict Survey Item Quality? AI-Assisted Approaches to Questionnaire Evaluation”.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 27/07/2026
#RIDLOP #Wissenschaftsrat #ResearchInfrastructure The German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat) supports the implementation of RIDLOP, the Research Infrastructure for Data from Large Online Platforms, in its statement published today.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 23/07/2026
Indonesia blocked millions of child accounts on social media, but Danica Radovanović, Ph.D. warns: True safety isn’t just a numbers game. Kids just move to other, less regulated spaces. We need cross-platform solutions and transparency! #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection t1p.de/scmp_indonesia
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 23/07/2026
#pairfam #COVID-19 #pandemic #genderroles #household A new study by Katrin Firl and Anna Hebel reveals how deeply rooted gender role attitudes continued to shape everyday life in German households during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 20/07/2026
#workshop #microdata Interested in using EU-LFS and EU-SILC microdata in your research? 📊 Check out our GESIS workshop “Working with EU-LFS and EU-SILC” in Mannheim, 2–4 Nov 2026. Register now: t1p.de/WS_EU_LFS
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/07/2026
#GESISblog #blog You’ve probably asked ChatGPT a question. You may even have used it to write a text for you. Artificial intelligence (AI) is pretty good at these things – so, what if we used it to answer survey questions, or help us summarize questionnaire responses?
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/07/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Researcher in Political Science (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 36 months): 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 16/07/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes #europe NEW: Special EB 103.2, includes the modules "Europeans’ attitudes towards culture", "The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU", "Attitudes towards EU enlargement", "Climate Change", and "The Digital Decade 2025" @ec.europa.eu search.gesis.org/res...
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CESSDA ERIC @cessda.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
CESSDA 2025 Annual Report published! The report looks back on a busy year for CESSDA. Find highlights on: 🔹 New CESSDA full member 🔹 Our work on AI, trust, data citation, and sensitive data 🔹 Continued contributions to EOSC, SSHOC, and European projects www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
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News - From new members to new frontiers: 2025 Annual Report
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🔍 Interested in combining the potential of experiments for causal inference with the external validity of real-world contexts? 📊 Our #GESISworkshop on Field Experiments covers all stages from design and randomization to data analysis. Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/field_experi... @gesis.org
GESIS Workshop 
Field Experiments 
22 to 23 October 2026 in Mannheim 
Johanna Gereke (University of Mannheim)
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
⏳ 14 days until #GESISsummerschool in Survey Methodology starts on 22 July! It is still time to register & shape your summer learning goals.🌞 Thank you to @infas.de & @veriangroup.com for supporting our tradition of excellence. Program & registration 👉 www.gesis.org/summerschool @gesis.org
GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology
22 July to 14 August 2026
Cologne and Online
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Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do deliberative mini-publics generate positive spill-over effects for the democratic resilience of the wider population? We will investigate this at @gesis.org with three field experiments in collaboration with @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social and @acmay.bsky.social (@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social).
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 13/07/2026
MEDem - Meilenstein für die Demokratieforschung Die europäische Forschungsinfrastruktur MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) ist auf die ESFRI-Roadmap 2026 aufgenommen worden. Pressemeldung: idw-online.de/de/new...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 13/07/2026
#GESISblog #blog Neu im GESIS Blog von Caroline Poppa & Dr. Sophie Zervos: Publication Bias - Selektive Veröffentlichungen formen eine trügerische Evidenz t1p.de/blog_PubBias
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/07/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg We offer a job as a a Research Associate (PhD Candidate) for International Value Studies (#VALDEMCRIS Project) (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %): gesis.jobs.personio....
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At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/07/2026
#AI #AIOverload Welcome to the era of AI Overload! Check out the new study by P. Kazienko et al., "Artificial Intelligence Overload: A Multilevel Taxonomy and the Path Forward," in IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 5-12, May-June 2026, doi: 10.1109/MIS.2026.3666685
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 06/07/2026
#mte #GESISGuides Don't forget our upcoming #MeetTheExperts online talk by Dr. Arnim Bleier who shows how to increase the reproducibility and contribute to a culture of openness, accountability, and cumulative scientific progress. 09.07.2026 (THU), 13h (CET) - Register now! us02web.zoom.us/meet...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/07/2026
#Divorce: Fresh start or old patterns? What really happens in the five years after a #marriage ends? Check out the new study by Lisa Schmid & Sergi Vidal: Family Trajectories After Marital Separation in Germany: Patterns and Antecedents, in: Comparative Population Studies t1p.de/soep_scheidung
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
New research on immigration published in Ethnic and Racial Studies (@tandfresearch.bsky.social) includes analysis of our data. Marlene Hilgenstock (@gesis.org 🇩🇪) and Antonia C. Mayc (@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social 🇩🇪) assessed our data measuring national attachment and discrimination.
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How integration policies relate to perceptions of discrimination and feelings of belonging among immigrants and children of immigrants. A multilevel perspective
Identifying with the receiving society is a crucial step in immigrants’ integration. However, this is hampered by perceptions of discrimination.
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