Affective and cultural dimensions of integration following forced migration and immigration (AFFIN)

The project takes its starting point in the assumption that the diversity and cultural change resulting from immigration cannot be measured solely in terms of knowledge and skills, but are fundamentally connected with values, attitudes, and emotions on the part of both immigrants and local populations. Based on approaches from the research on integration and acculturation in the social sciences and psychiatry, the project explores the thesis that these cognitive-evaluative and affective dimensions of human coexistence are essential for shared social life and processes of integration. This is true particularly of integration in the context of forced migration and displacement, as refugees are often subject to significant stressors.