Trust and Reciprocity in Comparative Perspective

Portrait

In this field of research we investigate the concepts of social trust and reciprocity and conduct both subnational as well as international comparative studies. Moreover, we work on the definition of different forms of trust and reciprocity as well as the improvement of measurement instruments. Another central focus of our research is the systematic analysis of causes and consequences of trust and reciprocity.

Lead: Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag

Dissertations in process

Paul Bauer: The Concept of Trust: Definition, Measurement, and Foundation

Dissertations completed

Birte Gundelach: Ethnic diversity and social trust

Recent Publications

• Freitag, Markus und Paul Bauer (2013): Testing for Measurement Equivalence in Surveys: Dimensions of Social Trust across Cultural Contexts, in: Public Opinion Quarterly, 77, 24-44.
   
• Gundelach, Birte und Richard Traunmüller (2013): Norms of Reciprocity as an Alternative Form of Social Capital in an Assimilationist Integration Regime, in Political Studies, i.E.
   
• Gundelach, Birte (2013): In Diversity We Trust - The positive effect of ethnic diversity on out group trust, in: Political Behavior, DOI 10.1007/s11109-013-9220-x.
   
• Gundelach, Birte und Freitag, Markus (2013): Neighbourhood Diversity and Social Trust - An Empirical Analysis of Interethnic Contact and Group-Specific Effects, in: Urban Studies: DOI 10.1177/0042098013495578.