Kieran Mepham
Biographic Data
| ID | 98334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kieran Mepham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kieran |
| FAMILY NAME | Mepham |
| SIGNATURE | MEPHAM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | ETH Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7714-7439 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Network polarization: The study of political attitudes and social ties as dynamic multilevel networks
Ideological and relational polarization are two increasingly salient political divisions in Western societies. We integrate the study of these phenomena by describing society as a multilevel network of social ties between people and attitudinal ties between people and political topics. We then define and propose a set of metrics to measure ‘network polarization’: the extent to which a community is ideologically and socially divided. Using longitu…
Reprint of: The Swiss StudentLife Study: Investigating the emergence of an undergraduate community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data
Een pandemie van polarisatie
A polarization pandemic? Political polarization has been identified as a key societal risk of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While various actors have expressed concern about extreme single-issue opinions, mass polarization may be characterized better as increasing association between various opinions. This could lead to deepening cleavages as new issues arise. We thus describe opinions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic relative to pre-existing m…
The Swiss StudentLife Study: Investigating the emergence of an undergraduate community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data
The Swiss StudentLife Study (SSL Study) is a longitudinal social network data collection conducted in three undergraduate student cohorts (N1 = 226, N2 = 261, N3 = 660) in 2016−2019. The main goal of the study was to understand the emergence of informal student communities and their effects on different individual outcomes, such as well-being, motivation, and academic success. To this end, multiple dimensions of social ties were assessed, combini…
Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the Covid-19 crisis in Switzerland
This study investigates students' social networks and mental health before and at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, using longitudinal data collected since 2018. We analyze change on multiple dimensions of social networks (interaction, friendship, social support, co-studying) and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness) within two cohorts of Swiss undergraduate students experiencing the crisis (N = 212), a…
Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the Covid-19 crisis in Switzerland
This study investigates students’ social networks and mental health before and at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020 in Switzerland, using longitudinal data collected since 2018. We analyze change on multiple dimensions of social networks(interaction, friendship, social support, co-studying) and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness) within two cohorts of Swiss undergraduatestudents experiencing the crisis…
Interculturalism: A new diversity ideology with interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility
Increased cultural diversity has led to considerable debate on how to best promote intergroup harmony within pluralistic nations. In the current research, we consider the nature of interculturalism, a new diversity ideology extensively discussed by political philosophers and policy‐makers in Europe and beyond. Interculturalism consists of three interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility. Using data ( N = 2,364) from thre…
Multilingualism and Out-Group Acceptance: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Flexibility and Deprovincialization
In this research, we systematically study multilingualism as a predictor of acceptance of ethnic out-groups. It is argued that people who speak more languages are more cognitively flexible, that is, they have an enhanced flexibility in understanding and representing information. Higher cognitive flexibility is in turn expected to be related to higher deprovincialization: a reevaluation of one's ethnocentric worldview. Deprovincialization is then …
Public attitudes towards support for migrants: The Importance of Perceived Voluntary and Involuntary Migration
Immigration leads to strong and polarized public and political debates in Europe and the Western world more generally. In some of these debates, migrants are described as either having little choice but to migrate (involuntary) or as migrating out of their own free choice (voluntary). In two studies and using a social psychological perspective, native Dutch respondents were asked about their support for policies aimed at cultural rights and publi…
Citizenship representations, group indispensability and attitudes towards immigrants’ rights
Public attitudes towards support for migrants: The Importance of Perceived Voluntary and Involuntary Migration
Immigration leads to strong and polarized public and political debates in Europe and the Western world more generally. In some of these debates, migrants are described as either having little choice but to migrate (involuntary) or as migrating out of their own free choice (voluntary). In two studies and using a social psychological perspective, native Dutch respondents were asked about their support for policies aimed at cultural rights and publi…
Interculturalism: A new diversity ideology with interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility
Increased cultural diversity has led to considerable debate on how to best promote intergroup harmony within pluralistic nations. In the current research, we consider the nature of interculturalism, a new diversity ideology extensively discussed by political philosophers and policy‐makers in Europe and beyond. Interculturalism consists of three interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility. Using data ( N = 2,364) from thre…
Multilingualism and Out-Group Acceptance: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Flexibility and Deprovincialization
In this research, we systematically study multilingualism as a predictor of acceptance of ethnic out-groups. It is argued that people who speak more languages are more cognitively flexible, that is, they have an enhanced flexibility in understanding and representing information. Higher cognitive flexibility is in turn expected to be related to higher deprovincialization: a reevaluation of one's ethnocentric worldview. Deprovincialization is then …
Citizenship representations, group indispensability and attitudes towards immigrants’ rights
Network polarization: The study of political attitudes and social ties as dynamic multilevel networks
Ideological and relational polarization are two increasingly salient political divisions in Western societies. We integrate the study of these phenomena by describing society as a multilevel network of social ties between people and attitudinal ties between people and political topics. We then define and propose a set of metrics to measure ‘network polarization’: the extent to which a community is ideologically and socially divided. Using longitu…
Citizenship representations, group indispensability and attitudes towards immigrants’ rights
Multilingualism and Out-Group Acceptance: The Mediating Roles of Cognitive Flexibility and Deprovincialization
In this research, we systematically study multilingualism as a predictor of acceptance of ethnic out-groups. It is argued that people who speak more languages are more cognitively flexible, that is, they have an enhanced flexibility in understanding and representing information. Higher cognitive flexibility is in turn expected to be related to higher deprovincialization: a reevaluation of one's ethnocentric worldview. Deprovincialization is then …
Public attitudes towards support for migrants: The Importance of Perceived Voluntary and Involuntary Migration
Immigration leads to strong and polarized public and political debates in Europe and the Western world more generally. In some of these debates, migrants are described as either having little choice but to migrate (involuntary) or as migrating out of their own free choice (voluntary). In two studies and using a social psychological perspective, native Dutch respondents were asked about their support for policies aimed at cultural rights and publi…
Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the Covid-19 crisis in Switzerland
This study investigates students' social networks and mental health before and at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, using longitudinal data collected since 2018. We analyze change on multiple dimensions of social networks (interaction, friendship, social support, co-studying) and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness) within two cohorts of Swiss undergraduate students experiencing the crisis (N = 212), a…
Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the Covid-19 crisis in Switzerland
This study investigates students’ social networks and mental health before and at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020 in Switzerland, using longitudinal data collected since 2018. We analyze change on multiple dimensions of social networks(interaction, friendship, social support, co-studying) and mental health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness) within two cohorts of Swiss undergraduatestudents experiencing the crisis…
Interculturalism: A new diversity ideology with interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility
Increased cultural diversity has led to considerable debate on how to best promote intergroup harmony within pluralistic nations. In the current research, we consider the nature of interculturalism, a new diversity ideology extensively discussed by political philosophers and policy‐makers in Europe and beyond. Interculturalism consists of three interrelated components of dialogue, unity, and identity flexibility. Using data ( N = 2,364) from thre…
Een pandemie van polarisatie
A polarization pandemic? Political polarization has been identified as a key societal risk of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While various actors have expressed concern about extreme single-issue opinions, mass polarization may be characterized better as increasing association between various opinions. This could lead to deepening cleavages as new issues arise. We thus describe opinions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic relative to pre-existing m…
The Swiss StudentLife Study: Investigating the emergence of an undergraduate community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data
The Swiss StudentLife Study (SSL Study) is a longitudinal social network data collection conducted in three undergraduate student cohorts (N1 = 226, N2 = 261, N3 = 660) in 2016−2019. The main goal of the study was to understand the emergence of informal student communities and their effects on different individual outcomes, such as well-being, motivation, and academic success. To this end, multiple dimensions of social ties were assessed, combini…
Reprint of: The Swiss StudentLife Study: Investigating the emergence of an undergraduate community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data
Network polarization: The study of political attitudes and social ties as dynamic multilevel networks
Ideological and relational polarization are two increasingly salient political divisions in Western societies. We integrate the study of these phenomena by describing society as a multilevel network of social ties between people and attitudinal ties between people and political topics. We then define and propose a set of metrics to measure ‘network polarization’: the extent to which a community is ideologically and socially divided. Using longitu…
Psychology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works) · Social media (4 works)