Sabina Toruńczyk-Ruiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1266488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabina Toruńczyk-Ruiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabina |
| FAMILY NAME | Toruńczyk-Ruiz |
| SIGNATURE | TORUŃCZYK-RUIZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0948-9140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Finding Home in the City
Queer people often migrate from smaller towns to larger cities, which are perceived as more welcoming and inclusive. However, little is known about the role that relationships with places play in this process. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of how queer-identifying individuals who migrated from rural areas and smaller towns to Poland's largest cities experience a connection to place and sense of fitting in. Based on twelve ind…
Beyond national identity
Research on the link between social identification and attitudes toward immigration has primarily focused on national identification and international migrants, often overlooking the local level. Combining social identity theory and a place identity perspective on intergroup dynamics, we examine national and local identification, as well as their interplay, as determinants of attitudes toward international and internal migration. Our analysis is …
The role of place in intergroup conflicts and intragroup solidarity
People tend to have strong psychological bonds with places such as neighborhoods, schools, towns, and countries. These people–place bonds can be of different nature (e.g., place ownership, place attachment), develop for different reasons (e.g., first arrival, length of stay), and generate different group dynamics in specific contexts. With this special issue, we sought to advance our understanding of the potential of people– place bonds to divide…
With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-Standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Out-Group Trust in Russia
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity and out-group trust in contemporary Russia, while distinguishing between long-standing ethnic diversity and recent immigration. In contrast to previous research that tested whether past regional experience with diversity is related to people's attitudes toward out-group members, we focus on long-standing ethnic diversity, defined as diversity resulting from the long-term coexistence …
Through attachment to settlement
Previous research shows that structural, cultural and social integration determine migrants’ settlement intentions. We move beyond such explanations, and consider whether psychological integration at a local level may underlie the relation between social integration and the intention to stay, while accounting for structural and cultural integration. We conceptualise social integration as ties with the natives, and access to emotional and instrume…
Perceived social diversity and neighbourhood attachment
This paper investigates the relationship between perceived ethnic, age and income diversity and neighbourhood attachment, accounting for measures of objective diversity calculated for small, individualised neighbourhoods. With data from Warsaw in Poland, we examine whether neighbourhood ties with people of different ethnicity, age and income moderate the relationship between perceived diversity and attachment. We also test affective appraisals of…
Relative deprivation and ‘the diversity effect’ in explaining neighbourhood attachment
In a 2014 paper, we demonstrated that the negative relationship between ethnic diversity and neighbourhood attachment was moderated by interethnic ties differently for migrants and natives living in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods. In this article, we respond to the Comment on our paper by Oded Stark, who proposes to interpret our findings within the framework of relative deprivation theory, and to explain the different results for migrants and…
Neighbourhood Attachment in Ethnically Diverse Areas
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity in the neighbourhood and attachment to it, while addressing the role of interethnic relations—both within and beyond the neighbourhood—and differentiating between native and migrant residents. The analyses rely on data from an international research project conducted in 2009/10 among residents of ethnically diverse areas in six European cities: Bilbao, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Thessalonica…
Neighbourhood Attachment in Ethnically Diverse Areas
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity in the neighbourhood and attachment to it, while addressing the role of interethnic relations—both within and beyond the neighbourhood—and differentiating between native and migrant residents. The analyses rely on data from an international research project conducted in 2009/10 among residents of ethnically diverse areas in six European cities: Bilbao, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Thessalonica…
Through attachment to settlement
Previous research shows that structural, cultural and social integration determine migrants’ settlement intentions. We move beyond such explanations, and consider whether psychological integration at a local level may underlie the relation between social integration and the intention to stay, while accounting for structural and cultural integration. We conceptualise social integration as ties with the natives, and access to emotional and instrume…
Perceived social diversity and neighbourhood attachment
This paper investigates the relationship between perceived ethnic, age and income diversity and neighbourhood attachment, accounting for measures of objective diversity calculated for small, individualised neighbourhoods. With data from Warsaw in Poland, we examine whether neighbourhood ties with people of different ethnicity, age and income moderate the relationship between perceived diversity and attachment. We also test affective appraisals of…
The role of place in intergroup conflicts and intragroup solidarity
People tend to have strong psychological bonds with places such as neighborhoods, schools, towns, and countries. These people–place bonds can be of different nature (e.g., place ownership, place attachment), develop for different reasons (e.g., first arrival, length of stay), and generate different group dynamics in specific contexts. With this special issue, we sought to advance our understanding of the potential of people– place bonds to divide…
Neighbourhood Attachment in Ethnically Diverse Areas
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity in the neighbourhood and attachment to it, while addressing the role of interethnic relations—both within and beyond the neighbourhood—and differentiating between native and migrant residents. The analyses rely on data from an international research project conducted in 2009/10 among residents of ethnically diverse areas in six European cities: Bilbao, Lisbon, Rotterdam, Thessalonica…
Relative deprivation and ‘the diversity effect’ in explaining neighbourhood attachment
In a 2014 paper, we demonstrated that the negative relationship between ethnic diversity and neighbourhood attachment was moderated by interethnic ties differently for migrants and natives living in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods. In this article, we respond to the Comment on our paper by Oded Stark, who proposes to interpret our findings within the framework of relative deprivation theory, and to explain the different results for migrants and…
Perceived social diversity and neighbourhood attachment
This paper investigates the relationship between perceived ethnic, age and income diversity and neighbourhood attachment, accounting for measures of objective diversity calculated for small, individualised neighbourhoods. With data from Warsaw in Poland, we examine whether neighbourhood ties with people of different ethnicity, age and income moderate the relationship between perceived diversity and attachment. We also test affective appraisals of…
Through attachment to settlement
Previous research shows that structural, cultural and social integration determine migrants’ settlement intentions. We move beyond such explanations, and consider whether psychological integration at a local level may underlie the relation between social integration and the intention to stay, while accounting for structural and cultural integration. We conceptualise social integration as ties with the natives, and access to emotional and instrume…
With Time We Learn to Trust Others? Long-Standing Ethnic Diversity, Recent Immigration, and Out-Group Trust in Russia
This article examines the relationship between ethnic diversity and out-group trust in contemporary Russia, while distinguishing between long-standing ethnic diversity and recent immigration. In contrast to previous research that tested whether past regional experience with diversity is related to people's attitudes toward out-group members, we focus on long-standing ethnic diversity, defined as diversity resulting from the long-term coexistence …
The role of place in intergroup conflicts and intragroup solidarity
People tend to have strong psychological bonds with places such as neighborhoods, schools, towns, and countries. These people–place bonds can be of different nature (e.g., place ownership, place attachment), develop for different reasons (e.g., first arrival, length of stay), and generate different group dynamics in specific contexts. With this special issue, we sought to advance our understanding of the potential of people– place bonds to divide…
Beyond national identity
Research on the link between social identification and attitudes toward immigration has primarily focused on national identification and international migrants, often overlooking the local level. Combining social identity theory and a place identity perspective on intergroup dynamics, we examine national and local identification, as well as their interplay, as determinants of attitudes toward international and internal migration. Our analysis is …
Finding Home in the City
Queer people often migrate from smaller towns to larger cities, which are perceived as more welcoming and inclusive. However, little is known about the role that relationships with places play in this process. This study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of how queer-identifying individuals who migrated from rural areas and smaller towns to Poland's largest cities experience a connection to place and sense of fitting in. Based on twelve ind…
Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Cultural diversity (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Place Attachment and Urban Studies (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Diversity (politics (3 works) · Economics (3 works)