As part of their final year project, a team of researchers are visiting a large number of schools in London and South-East England (and Athens!) to collect data about how ethnicity influences children’s friendship choices at different ages. A core aim of the study is to see how far stereotypes influence this process. Together the team has devised a “pen pal” task and is also interested in how other processes such as perceptions of discrimination, cognitive level, ethnic identification and self-esteem, and school background connect with friendship choices.
Our research team includes: Jo Begley, Jo Cox, Christina Loucas, Malak Ben-Hmeda, Ozzie Clarke-Binns, Beth Laughton, Ioli Pretenteri, Sophia Seltzer-Eade
Supervisor: Dr Patrick Leman