Social Cohesion: A new definition and a proposal for its measurement in Africa

New article out! The popular German Institute of Development and Sustainablility (IDOS) working paper has now been published with Social Indicators Research.

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Social Cohesion - IDOS

Explanatory video on the concept of social cohesion

The German Institute of Development and Sustainablility (IDOS) has produced an explanatory video of their concept of social cohesion that explains the concept in an easily accessible manner.

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Social Cohesion: A new definition and a proposal for its measurement in Africa
Burchi, Francesco / Charlotte Fiedler / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross / Daniel Nowack / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Sommer / Christoph Strupat / Christopher Wingens
Journal article (2026)

Social Cohesion: A new definition and a proposal for its measurement in Africa

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João Paulo Henriques, Nuno Nunes, Maria do Carmo Botelho
Journal article (2025)

Theorising, conceptualising and operationalising social cohesion: some innovations

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Aadne Aasland / Olga Filippova / Oleksandra Deineko
Journal article (2022)

Dimensions of Social Cohesion in a Transitional Society: The Case of Ukraine

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Cohesion through participation? Youth engagement, interethnic attitudes, and pathways of positive and negative intergroup contact among adolescents: A quasi-experimental field study

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