Soap operas are known for outrageous schemes and scandalous affairs, but an NYU researcher finds that they can also serve as effective interventions for preventing intergroup violence in ...

Why do violent conflicts between groups persist—even when all sides suffer as a result? Researchers from psychology and medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have now examined the ...

Conflicts across the world between communities, cause high levels of social and physical devastation as well as a large drain in resources, but how can relations be improved? Psychologist Gordon ...

Political polarization refers to the widening ideological and affective chasm between social groups, characterised by increasing divergence in beliefs and mutual distrust. This phenomenon emerges from ...