Between 2011 and 2016, the Stiftung Mercator supported this research group with a total of around 1 million Euro.
The transdisciplinary research group "Young Islam-Related Topics in Germany" ("Junge Islambezogene Themen in Deutschland“/JUNITED) empirically analyzes the reactions towards Germany as a changing country of immigration, particularly with regard to the topic of Islam and Muslims. Images of Islam and Muslims are taken as an indicator for the societal attitudes towards minorities in an increasingly plural and heterogeneous society. The research group analyzes how existing cultural and national patterns of interpretation ("Narrations of being German") in combination with socio-structural factors frame the discourse around questions of integration and migration in a diversifying society. The project's task is to identify and analyze these interactions between cultural narratives and structural conditions. The study design, aimed at this task, differs methodologically and theoretically from pre-existing studies which either analyze only socio-structural or only cultural factors in order to explain racism and fear of exclusion. In order to test our theoretical assumptions empirically we conduct a quantitative, nationwide telephone survey (N=8400). Through qualitative coding the material is analytically complemented. For additional analyses, this data set will also be made available to the other departments of the BIM.
Website: http://junited.hu-berlin.de
Projects
Research Group "Young Islam-Related Topics in Germany" (JUNITED)
were interviewed in a quantitative, nationwide telephone survey
Departments
Duration
01/2011 - 07/2016
Persons
Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan
Director, Head of the Department "Integration Research and Social Policy", Project Director of JUNITED
Fon: +49 (0)30 2093-46255
bim.direktorium@hu-berlin.de
Dr. Tim Müller
Junior Research Group Leader (assistant professor level)
Fon: +49 (0)30 2093-46264
t.mueller@hu-berlin.de
Steffen Beigang
Former Member of the BIM-Project "Discrimination experiences in Germany"
Fon: +49 (0)30 2093-66574
steffen.beigang@sowi.hu-berlin.de
Dr. Tom Lodewyckx
Former Research Scientist at the Research Group "Young Islam-Related Topics in Germany" (JUNITED)
Pascal Dengler
Former DeZIM Research Coordinator - German Center for Integration and Migration Research
Fon: +49 (0)30 2093-46073
pascal.dengler@hu-berlin.de
Rafael Sollorz
Former Student Assistant at the Research Group "Young Islam-Related Topics in Germany" (JUNITED)
Dorina Kalkum
Former Research Associate in the Working Field "Integration Research and Social Policy"
Fon: +49 (0)30 2093-46250
dorina.kalkum@sowi.hu-berlin.de
Benjamin Schwarze
Former Research Associate
Dr. Sina Arnold
Former Scientific Managing Director / Member (Post-Doc) of the Department "Integration, Social Networks and Cultural Lifestyles"
Fon: (+49) 30 2093 - 46262 / - 70854
sina.arnold@hu-berlin.de
Dr. Coskun Canan
Former Research Scientist at the Research Group "Young Islam-Related Topics in Germany" (JUNITED)