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Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS ‐traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities

Marco Marinucci Orcid Logo, Christoph Daniel Schaefer, Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo, David Manley, Laura K. Taylor, Shelley McKeown Jones Orcid Logo

British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Start page: e70043

Swansea University Author: Pier-Luc Dupont Picard Orcid Logo

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Recent advances in intergroup contact research have drawn on methods from human geography to investigate how segregation shapes, and is shaped by, everyday intergroup experiences. Emerging findings suggest that the phenomena might be reciprocally intertwined, but empirical evidence is limited and mi...

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title Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS ‐traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities
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title_short Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS ‐traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities
title_full Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS ‐traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities
title_fullStr Desegregating spaces: The interplay between ecological intergroup contact and GPS ‐traced spatial segregation among youth in two UK cities
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