Research Network on Discrimination and Racism (FoDiRa)

DeZIM Research Community

Project team:

Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Andreas Blätte (InZentIM), Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan (BIM) and Dr. Christian Hunkler (BIM)

Sub-project principal investigators: Dana Abdel-Fatah (BIM & Charité), Dr. Marion Aichberger (BIM & Charité), Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kluge (BIM & Charité), Prof. Dr. Aileen Edele (BIM), Prof. Dr. Zerrin Salikutluk (BIM), Prof. Dr. Tina Nobis (BIM), Prof. Dr. Herbert Brücker (BIM), Dr. Julia Bredtmann (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, InZentIM), Prof. Dr. Andreas Blätte (University of Duisburg-Essen, InZentIM), Dr. Julia Bredtmann (RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research & InZentIM), Prof. Dr. Sebastian Otten (University of Duisburg-Essen & InZentIM), Prof. Dr. Julia Becker (IMIS), Dr. Yuliya Kosyakova (IAB), Dr. Sekou Keita (IAB), Dr. Stefan Bernhard (IAB), Stefan Röhrer (IAB), Dorian Tsolak (IKG), Stefan Knauff (IKG), Prof. Dr. Simon Kühne (IKG), Prof. Dr. Martin Kroh (IKG), Dr. Julia Kleinewiese (MZES), Prof. Dr. Frank Kalter (MZES & DeZIM-I), Prof. Dr. Hartmut Wessler (MZES), Dr. Chung-hong Chan (MZES), Dr. Philipp Müller (MZES), Dr. Daniel Auer (MZES).

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Project description:

The joint project FoDiRa has the central aim to further develop quantitative empirical methods for the investigation of discrimination and racism. Research fields are the most relevant areas of life: education, work and housing as well as health. Further research fields are to be systematically included in which racist prejudices can arise, reproduce or intensify in everyday life, such as the areas of media and sports as well as the digital arena. For example, various sub-projects will carry out (partially) automated evaluations of extensive amounts of text from various print or online media, as well as social networks and websites. This will make it possible to identify racist connotations using the most modern methods and, in particular, the regional variance, and thus also to investigate effects and interactions, for example, for or with labour market integration or for the occurrence of racially motivated assaults.

Participating partners: Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM); Institute for Employment Research (IAB); Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), University of Bielefeld; Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück; Interdisciplinary Centre for Integration and Migration Research (InZentIM), University of Duisburg-Essen; Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).

Funding: Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Third-party funding)