Tobias Stark was invited to present DUALNETS research at the “Interdisciplinary Workshop on Experimental Social Science on the Causes and Consequences of Appearance-based Discrimination” at the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Germany.

Tobias Stark was invited by the Oxford Internet Institute to present our new software to collect data on cognitive social structures at the expert workshop on “Advances in Self-Reported and Egocentric Network Analysis”.

Tobias Stark presented DUALNETS research at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The talk was titled “Effects of identity signals on co-national ascriptions and the perception of 2nd generation immigrants’ integration in social networks”.  

A paper, written by Tom Nijs, entitled “Breaking False Polarization: How Information on Descriptive Norms Mitigates Worry Rooted in Polarization (Mis)perceptions”, was published in Social Inclusion. It will be part of a Special Issue on “The Impact of Social Norms on Cohesion and (De)Polarization”. The paper is open access available here. Abstract Worry about polarization…

Tom Nijs, Tobias Stark, together with Meta van der Linden, Verena Seibel, and Ekaterina Rashkova received a seed money grant for the project “Perceived Majority Disadvantage: Exploring Whitelash Sentiments in Western Europe”. In the DUALNETS project, we often encounter a backlash by the dominant group against racial progress, diversity, or policies aimed at addressing ethnic…

Anniek Schlette’s 2nd article of her PhD appeared as a registered report: Schlette, A.; Stark, T. H. & Smeekes, A. (2025). Social signals of belonging: How the perceived ethnic-national background of friends affects ascriptions of belonging given to descendants of migrants. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64(3), e12898.   Abstract Many descendants of migrants feel belonging to…

Tobias Stark, together with Jon Krosnick and Amanda Scott published The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism. In 29 chapters, world-renowned scholars of published the newest insights in research on racism and intergroup biases.   Krosnick, Jon A; Stark, Tobias H. & Scott, Amanda L. (2025). The Cambridge Handbook of Implicit Bias and Racism….

The DUALNETS team has organized a workshop where researchers in the Netherlands working on the topics of dual identity and biculturalism have presented their work. Angelos Dimosiaris, Lexin Chen, and Tobias Stark (all members of the DUALNETS team) also presented their work.

Tobias Stark and Tom Nijs presented the progress of the DUALNETS team at the 3rd installment of the mini-conference of the network on “Integroup Relations and Social Networks” at Nuffield College, Oxford University. Renowned experts on social network analysis gave feedback and valuable input into the development of our new software to collect cognitive social…

At the end of August, Anniek Schlette’s first paper of her PhD has been accepted for publication in the special issue “Multicultural identities in context: the influence of social, community, environmental and historical factors” of the Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. Anniek Schlette, Tobias H. Stark, Anouk Smeekes, & Marcel Lubbers (2024). Understanding…