The Identities & Ideologies Project @ NYU is a community of social science faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students conducting research about identity, ideology, and their intersection.
I&I affiliates come from a range of home disciplines, including political science, sociology, economics, psychology, and public policy, and we conduct research in the US and around the world.
We convene to share and give feedback on work in progress; to learn from cutting-edge research presented by visitors; and to mentor NYU students interested in gaining research experience.
Areas of inquiry
How does the heightened salience of racial, ethnic, class and religious identities reinforce and reflect ideological polarization in U.S. politics?
How has religious fundamentalism shaped political and social behavior around the world?
What drives the strength of attachments to national and ethnic identities, and to what extent do those attachments explain the current resurgence of populism in so many countries at the same time?
How do identity attachments shape citizens’ evaluations of public policies and the coherence of those evaluations?
Under what conditions do people conceptualize and mobilize around gender and sexual identities, and with what consequences?
How do people’s groups affect the ideas they espouse about politics, and how do people’s political ideas shape their group identities--and with what political, economic and social consequences?