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Workshop for Encounter & Cohesion

Workshop for Encounter & Cohesion

12 December 2022

In the workshopwe put our research findings on encounters and social cohesion into practice. Together with organisations, we work on encounters in everyday places and test which approaches strengthen social cohesion.

Workshop for Encounter & Cohesion

How False Beliefs Propel Cultural Conflict

How False Beliefs Propel Cultural Conflict

09 December 2022

The Atlantic

David French writes for The Third Rail, about how our new study shows the misguided futility of the history wars.

How False Beliefs Propel Cultural Conflict

America’s polarisation is an elite pursuit

America’s polarisation is an elite pursuit

09 December 2022

Financial Times

In his recent article for the FT, Edward Luce references our new report “Defusing the History Wars” whilst sharing his thoughts around the divisions over how to view US history. Do America’s culture wars get more toxic the higher up the education ladder you go?

America’s polarisation is an elite pursuit

We keep moving from one wrong fight to another. Here's how to stop.

We keep moving from one wrong fight to another. Here's how to stop.

08 December 2022

Washington Post

Amanda Ripley's latest article for the Washington Post includes reference to our recent report on Defusing the History Wars, a new report on how right now, American parents, politicians and educators are having the wrong fights with the wrong people about the wrong things.

We keep moving from one wrong fight to another. Here's how to stop.

Americans Do Disagree on How History Should Be Taught—But Less Than They Think

Americans Do Disagree on How History Should Be Taught—But Less Than They Think

07 December 2022

Education Week

How should schools teach the nation’s history? Americans are less divided than they think they are on the question, according to a our new study.

Americans Do Disagree on How History Should Be Taught - But Less Than They Think