Postdoctoral Researcher –Polarization in Adolescence (UAPA Project)

The UAPA project is a collaboration between political scientists and education scholars in Belgium and Germany. At KU Leuven, the project is led by Prof. Ellen Claes (Voting & Democracy research group). At the University of Münster (Germany), the project is led by Prof. Katrin Hahn-Laudenberg (Civics and Social Science Education, [email protected]). The postdoctoral researcher position will be located at the KU Leuven, collaborating with partners in Belgium and Germany.

Project

How can schools in democratic societies address polarization among youth? What are the structural and individual drivers that contribute to adolescents developing strong negative feelings toward peers or political groups with opposing views? These are central questions tackled in the "Understanding Affective Polarization in Adolescence" (UAPA) project – an ambitious inter-university research initiative funded under FWO/DFG-Weave.

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For more information please contact Prof. dr. Ellen Claes, tel.: +32 16 32 32 92, mail: [email protected] or Mr. Jan Schoenmakers, tel.: +32 16 37 31 93, mail: [email protected].

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