Episode 13: This month we talk to Professor Peter Esaiasson (University of Gothenburg) about his latest research that looks at social identity in diverse and disadvantaged neighborhoods in Sweden. His research tries to understand whether identification with the neighborhood (local identity) and the nation state (national identity) generates pro-social attitudes among residents. The study by Esaiasson and Sohlberg has been recently published as a GLD working paper called “Caulking the Social Fabric: How National and Local Identities Promote Pro-Social Attitudes in European Diverse and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods” and can be found via the link below. This month's podcast is part of a special series on migration. Peter Esaiasson is a Professor in Social Science at the University of Gothenburg. His main research interest is in practical democratic politics dealing with questions such as \"What makes democracy work, and how can we make it work even better?\". In his latest study, Esaiasson and Sohlberg investigates factors promoting local and national pro-social attitudes among residents in diverse and disadvantaged neighborhoods in Sweden. They explore the idea that identification with the neighborhood (local identity) and the nation state (national identity) generates pro-social attitudes among residents. Findings from an original panel survey with large samples of residents in two Swedish immigrant concentration neighborhoods suggest that superordinate identities function as expected, with different superordinate identities working as complementary means to generate pro-social attitudes.
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