This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $170,424 to Vanderbilt University to conduct research on reducing prejudice toward refugees through social networks from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The research will assemble a new dataset on individual attributes, attitudes toward refugees, beliefs about community views, and social network information from randomly selected households. It will assess the effectiveness of a light-touch perspective-taking intervention to reduce prejudice delivered individually and in a community meeting. The study will examine how social networks reinforce or unravel attitude change over time and which network structures correlate with social identity markers. Findings will advance understanding of refugee populations, prejudice regulation, and social networks' influence on attitudes. Results will be published and briefs produced for refugee organizations.
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