This study explores how people in Northern Ireland think about and experience their identities in everyday life. Instead of assuming that people fit neatly into fixed groups like “Protestant” or “Cath...

This research looks at trust in politics in Northern Ireland. Nearly 30 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Catholics and Protestants still trust different political institutions. For example, Cath...

Growing empirical evidence demonstrates that intergroup contact has the potential to reap effects that go beyond prejudice reduction. Much of this evidence, however, is based on findings from cross-s...

Intergroup contact has long been established as a prejudice-reduction tool in divided societies, with contact being particularly effective during adolescence. A large proportion of evidence, however,...

Although numerous studies have documented the robust effect of positive intergroup contact experiences in reducing prejudice and improving positive at…