Belief Systems Project

Informations projet

BSP

N° de convention de subvention: 759320

DOI

10.3030/759320

Projet clôturé le 23 Septembre 2020

Date de signature de la CE 17 Novembre 2017

Date de début 1 Juillet 2018

Date de fin 30 Juin 2023

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coût total

€ 1 496 944,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 1 496 944,00

Coordonné par

TILBURG UNIVERSITY- UNIVERSITEIT VAN TILBURG
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BSP (Belief Systems Project)

Période du rapport: 2020-01-01 au 2021-06-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Belief systems help people understand their social and political world. Social scientists often treat belief systems as if they exist on a single left-right dimension, with some people endorsing left-wing beliefs and other people endorsing right-wing beliefs. Sometimes this is further complicated by treating belief systems for cultural and economic issues separately. In this project, we aim to test the idea that belief systems can be understood as a more complex and dynamic web of beliefs about politcs. This aims to understand the complexity of belief systems and how that complexity can sometimes give rise to other phenomenon like extreme political beliefs and people's reasoning about issues, parties, and politicians. Overall, we aim to estime the structure of belief systems, compare belief systems between groups, compare belief systems within individuals, and examine how belief system structure is associated with feelings of threat (e.g. from terrorism, economic downturns) and persuasion.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

At this point in the project, we have examined what is central to belief systems. We find that people's political identities are particularly central to their belief systems and that political policies are less central. On going projects are assessing how belief systems change over time, how they differ between countries, and how they differ between people who see themselves as left-wing or right-wing.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The state-of-the-art typically treats belief systems as if they exist on a single dimension. We've expanded that to treat belief systems as if they are complex and dynamic systems.

Belief system networks from Brandt, Sibley, & Osborne, 2019