Behavioural immune system theory predicts that attitudes towards immigrants become more
hostile during times of increased threat from pathogens, as pandemic threat triggers …

The COVID-19 pandemic, as a global threat to humanity, is likely to instigate a variety of
collective responses in the society. We examined, for the first time, whether the COVID-19 …

Sociological theory and historical precedent suggest that pandemics engender
scapegoating of outgroups, but fail to specify how the ethnoracial boundaries defining …

In the last 20 years, several major terror attacks conducted in the name of political Islam hit
Western Europe. We examine the impact of such terror attacks on hostile behaviour on …

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected public attitudes toward immigration? Long-term
evidence in Europe and the United States suggests attitudes to immigration are relatively …

During a pandemic, it is vital to identify factors that motivate individuals to behave in ways
that limit virus transmission (ie, anti‐COVID‐19 behaviour). Fear has been suggested to …

This study used convergent mixed approaches to contribute to local studies and provide a
reflection that civic competence is an essential dimension of social service. Contextualized …

The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on the everyday lives of people around the
world. This includes economic issues, social isolation and anxieties directly related to the …

Immigration is an extremely divisive political issue in Western Europe and North America.
We examine whether immigration policy preferences are more nuanced than commonly …

During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments implemented travel restrictions
and self-isolation, decreasing mobility for most individuals, but also permitted repatriation …