Personalized Interventions to Improve Intergroup Relations and Promote Peace

Project Information

PerInterv

Grant agreement ID: 864347

DOI

10.3030/864347

Project closed

EC signature date 26 March 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 990 000,00

EU contribution

€ 1 990 000,00

Coordinated by

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Israel

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Legitimizing inclusion: Psychological interventions increase support for minority inclusion in the political game, but less so during wartime

Author(s): Lee Aldar, Ruthie Pliskin, Yossi Hasson, Eran Halperin
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 47, 2026, ISSN 0162-895X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pops.70030

Perceived threat from minorities decreases with increased societal threat after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar

Author(s): Daan Vandermeulen, Kinneret Endevelt, Amit Goldenberg, Eran Halperin
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-28400-z

Ethos of Conflict in the International Arena: Power Predicts Expression of Threat for Security and Hope for Peace in Speeches of Leaders of Nations in Conflict

Author(s): Ilana Ushomirsky, Oded Adomi Leshem, Eran Halperin
Published in: Political Psychology, Issue 44, 2023, Page(s) 1215-1233, ISSN 0162-895X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12896

The affective gap: a call for a comprehensive examination of the discrete emotions underlying affective polarization

Author(s): Eran Halperin, Mabelle Kretchner, Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Julia Elad-Strenger
Published in: Cognition and Emotion, Issue 38, 2025, Page(s) 442-450, ISSN 0269-9931
Publisher: Psychology Press
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2348028

Defend, Deny, Distance, and Dismantle: A New Measure of Advantaged Identity Management

Author(s): Eric Shuman, Martijn van Zomeren, Tamar Saguy, Eric Knowles, Eran Halperin
Published in: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Issue 51, 2026, Page(s) 1490-1518, ISSN 0146-1672
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01461672231216769

Politically-targeted intergroup interventions promote social equality and engagement

Author(s): Nimrod Nir, Eran Halperin
Published in: Communications Psychology, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9121
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00228-3

The paradoxical brain: paradoxes impact conflict perspectives through increased neural alignment

Author(s): Jonathan Levy, Annika Kluge, Boaz Hameiri, Kaisu Lankinen, Daniel Bar-Tal, Eran Halperin
Published in: Cerebral Cortex, Issue 34, 2024, ISSN 1047-3211
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae353

Intergroup psychological interventions highlighting commonalities can increase the perceived legitimacy of critical voices

Author(s): Lee Aldar, Ruthie Pliskin, Yossi Hasson, Eran Halperin
Published in: Communications Psychology, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2731-9121
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44271-025-00238-1

Protected by the Emotions of the Group: Perceived Emotional Fit and Disadvantaged Group Members’ Activist Burnout

Author(s): Daan Vandermeulen, Siwar Hasan Aslih, Eric Shuman, Eran Halperin
Published in: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Issue 49, 2026, Page(s) 1086-1096, ISSN 0146-1672
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01461672221092853

A novel momentum-based intervention sustains real-life participation in a social movement

Author(s): Noa Cohen-Eick, Eric Shuman, Yossi Hasson, Martijn van Zomeren, Eran Halperin
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-43735-x

Effects of Framing Counter-Stereotypes as Surprising on Rethinking Prior Opinions About Outgroups: The Moderating Role of Political Ideology

Author(s): Renana Atia, Meital Balmas, Tal Orian Harel, Eran Halperin
Published in: Media Psychology, Issue 29, 2026, Page(s) 1-28, ISSN 1521-3269
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
DOI: 10.1080/15213269.2025.2458593

The disappointing (not hateful) divide: uncovering the negative emotions at the heart of affective polarization

Author(s): Mabelle Kretchner, Julia Elad-Strenger, Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Tal Orian-Harel, Eran Halperin
Published in: Cognition and Emotion, 2026, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 0269-9931
Publisher: Psychology Press
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2026.2639074

One Size Might Not Fit All: A Tailored Approach to Psychological Intergroup Interventions

Author(s): Shira Hebel-Sela, Nimrod Nir, Adva Gruenwald, Boaz Hameiri, Eran Halperin
Published in: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2026, ISSN 0146-1672
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01461672261434701

Examining real-world legitimization of cross-party violence through two explanatory frameworks: Affective polarization and low group efficacy

Author(s): Tal Orian Harel, Eric Shuman, Ifat Maoz, Meital Balmas, Eran Halperin
Published in: Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Issue 11, 2023, Page(s) 309-329, ISSN 2195-3325
Publisher: Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
DOI: 10.5964/jspp.10007

Using performance art to promote intergroup prosociality by cultivating the belief that empathy is unlimited

Author(s): Yossi Hasson, Einat Amir, Danit Sobol-Sarag, Maya Tamir & Eran Halperin
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35235-z

Advancing support for intergroup equality via a self-affirmation campaign

Author(s): Eric Shuman, Shira Hebel-Sela, Inbal Zipris, Yossi Hasson, Boaz Hameiri and Eran Halperin
Published in: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2022, ISSN 1368-4302
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/13684302221128505

Bonding versus fragmentation: What shapes disadvantaged intragroup empathy in advantaged contexts?

Author(s): Nur Kassem, Noa Cohen-Eick, Eran Halperin, Anat Perry
Published in: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Issue 28, 2026, Page(s) 97-114, ISSN 1368-4302
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/13684302241262253

Examining the impact of learning about a resolved conflict on attitudes in an ongoing conflict: Evidence from the Israeli–Palestinian context

Author(s): Deborah Shulman, Michal Reifen-Tagar, Noa Omri, Eran Halperin
Published in: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Issue 28, 2026, Page(s) 1263-1289, ISSN 1368-4302
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/13684302251319689