How do norms emerge, when do they lead to social integration, under what conditions do they lead to social exclusion? The interdisciplinary National Research Programme "Social Integration and Social Exclusion" (NRP 51) analyses the emergence, modes of functioning, and social consequences of processes of social integration and social exclusion in Swiss society.
Framework: CHF 12'000'000
President of the steering committee: Hans Ulrich Grunder, Fachhochschule Aargau Nordwestschweiz, Zofingen
Implementation Officer: Wolfgang Wettstein, Kommunikationsberatung und Medienarbeit, Zürich
Scientific secretariat: Stephanie Schönholzer, SNSF
Research: April 2003 - spring 2007