Ethnic Diversity Inside and Outside of Residential Communities: integration/division across workplaces, schools and civic groups
We have learned a lot about how experiences of ethnic diversity in residential communities can impact social cohesion. However, people are actually more likely to experience diversity in their workplaces, and children experience it in their schools, than in their neighbourhoods. Yet, we know less about the role experiences of diversity across non-residential sites play in integration and cohesion.
KEY QUESTIONS:
- What happens when diversity increases in an environment? Does it lead to more mixing between groups,
and is this mixing positive? Or, can it sometimes increase negative encounters? And, what conditions
influence whether diversity increases positive or negative contact?
- How does increasing diversity across schools, workplaces and civic groups affect social cohesion? And,
how does this compare to growing diversity in residential communities?
- What role can experiences of diversity in workplaces, schools and volunteer groups play in building
cohesion and managing tensions across diverse and segregated communities, and vice versa?
- What happens when diversity increases in an environment? Does it lead to more mixing between groups,
and is this mixing positive? Or, can it sometimes increase negative encounters? And, what conditions
influence whether diversity increases positive or negative contact?
- How does increasing diversity across schools, workplaces and civic groups affect social cohesion? And,
how does this compare to growing diversity in residential communities?
- What role can experiences of diversity in workplaces, schools and volunteer groups play in building
cohesion and managing tensions across diverse and segregated communities, and vice versa?