---
_id: '61900'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Background Anti-Muslim and anti-Islam attitudes are widespread in contemporary
    western societies. A grassroots movement of mosques tries to reduce prejudice
    by organizing guided mosque tours for non-Muslims. While this is an opportunity
    for intergroup contact in a social psychological sense, contact occurs under sometimes
    difficult conditions. As yet, its effects have not been investigated empirically.
    Objective We examine (a) whether visits have an immediate and medium-term effect
    on prejudice toward Islam and (b) how they change the visitors’ subjective images
    of Muslims. Methods (a) We survey N = 324 secondary school students in a three-wave
    panel study in 6 guided mosque tours in different parts of Germany, including
    a control sample. The tour programme was in line with common practice in the mosques.
    Standardized measurements were taken immediately before and after the tour and
    again several months later. (b) We asked about subjective images of Muslims and
    had subjects report their spontaneous associations with the term Muslim. Results
    (a) Most, but not all, mosque visits significantly alleviate anti-Islam prejudice
    in the short term. The effects fall off after several months. (b) After the visit,
    the image of Muslims possessed more concrete religious content, while negative
    and menacing associations, such as oppression of women, threat, or so-called Islamic
    State have decreased. Conclusions Outgroup contact in a mosque works as predicted
    by the intergroup contact research, even under less than optimal conditions. However,
    there is potential for improvement of the setup of tours in the interest of a
    more sustainable impact.
author:
- first_name: Olga
  full_name: Janzen, Olga
  last_name: Janzen
- first_name: Isabell
  full_name: Diekmann, Isabell
  id: '119325'
  last_name: Diekmann
- first_name: Dorian
  full_name: Tsolak, Dorian
  last_name: Tsolak
- first_name: Kurt
  full_name: Salentin, Kurt
  last_name: Salentin
citation:
  ama: Janzen O, Diekmann I, Tsolak D, Salentin K. Do Guided Mosque Tours Alleviate
    the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam and Muslims? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental
    Panel Study from Germany. <i>Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik</i>.
    2024;8(1):129–159. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>
  apa: Janzen, O., Diekmann, I., Tsolak, D., &#38; Salentin, K. (2024). Do Guided
    Mosque Tours Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam and Muslims?
    Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from Germany. <i>Zeitschrift Für
    Religion, Gesellschaft Und Politik</i>, <i>8</i>(1), 129–159. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Janzen_Diekmann_Tsolak_Salentin_2024, title={Do Guided Mosque
    Tours Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam and Muslims? Evidence
    from a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from Germany}, volume={8}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik}, publisher={Springer
    VS}, author={Janzen, Olga and Diekmann, Isabell and Tsolak, Dorian and Salentin,
    Kurt}, year={2024}, pages={129–159} }'
  chicago: 'Janzen, Olga, Isabell Diekmann, Dorian Tsolak, and Kurt Salentin. “Do
    Guided Mosque Tours Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam and Muslims?
    Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from Germany.” <i>Zeitschrift Für
    Religion, Gesellschaft Und Politik</i> 8, no. 1 (2024): 129–159. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>.'
  ieee: 'O. Janzen, I. Diekmann, D. Tsolak, and K. Salentin, “Do Guided Mosque Tours
    Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam and Muslims? Evidence from
    a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from Germany,” <i>Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft
    und Politik</i>, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 129–159, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>.'
  mla: Janzen, Olga, et al. “Do Guided Mosque Tours Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims
    against Islam and Muslims? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from
    Germany.” <i>Zeitschrift Für Religion, Gesellschaft Und Politik</i>, vol. 8, no.
    1, Springer VS, 2024, pp. 129–159, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4">10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4</a>.
  short: O. Janzen, I. Diekmann, D. Tsolak, K. Salentin, Zeitschrift Für Religion,
    Gesellschaft Und Politik 8 (2024) 129–159.
date_created: 2025-10-21T11:21:41Z
date_updated: 2025-10-21T12:09:06Z
doi: 10.1007/s41682-023-00161-4
extern: '1'
intvolume: '         8'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Intergroup contact
- Anti-Islam attitudes
- Anti-Muslim attitudes
- Prejudice
- Youth
language:
- iso: eng
page: ' 129–159'
publication: Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2510-1226
publisher: Springer VS
status: public
title: Do Guided Mosque Tours Alleviate the Prejudice of Non-Muslims against Islam
  and Muslims? Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Panel Study from Germany
type: journal_article
user_id: '119325'
volume: 8
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '37274'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: How are activation programs for the young unemployed implemented? How do street-level
    bureaucrats deal with competing rationalities and demands for action? Transition
    policies increasingly aim at promoting self-regulation and constructing employable
    subjects. Stephan Dahmen explores the practical regulation of biographical transitions
    in activation programs for the young unemployed by focusing on the interactive
    accomplishment of activation work. The study reveals how the critical tensions
    of activation policies are continually re-interpreted and adapted to local contingencies
    and describes the various organisational technologies used for creating employable
    subjects.
author:
- first_name: Stephan
  full_name: Dahmen, Stephan
  id: '95659'
  last_name: Dahmen
citation:
  ama: Dahmen S. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography
    of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press; 2021. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>
  apa: Dahmen, S. (2021). <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Dahmen_2021, title={Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An
    Institutional Ethnography of Activation Work in Action}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>},
    publisher={Bielefeld University Press}, author={Dahmen, Stephan}, year={2021}
    }'
  chicago: Dahmen, Stephan. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061</a>.
  ieee: S. Dahmen, <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
  mla: Dahmen, Stephan. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>.
  short: S. Dahmen, Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography
    of Activation Work in Action, Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
date_created: 2023-01-18T10:18:09Z
date_updated: 2023-01-18T10:18:54Z
department:
- _id: '723'
- _id: '724'
- _id: '36'
doi: 10.14361/9783839457061
keyword:
- Youth
- Welfare State
- Transitions
- Human Service Organizations
- Institutional Ethnography
- Activation
- Sociology of Conventions
- Work
- Education
- Educational Research
- Sociology of Education
- Social Pedagogy
- History of Education
- Bielefeld University Press
language:
- iso: eng
page: '312'
publisher: Bielefeld University Press
status: public
title: Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography of
  Activation Work in Action
type: book
user_id: '48187'
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '37273'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: How are activation programs for the young unemployed implemented? How do street-level
    bureaucrats deal with competing rationalities and demands for action? Transition
    policies increasingly aim at promoting self-regulation and constructing employable
    subjects. Stephan Dahmen explores the practical regulation of biographical transitions
    in activation programs for the young unemployed by focusing on the interactive
    accomplishment of activation work. The study reveals how the critical tensions
    of activation policies are continually re-interpreted and adapted to local contingencies
    and describes the various organisational technologies used for creating employable
    subjects.
author:
- first_name: Stephan
  full_name: Dahmen, Stephan
  last_name: Dahmen
citation:
  ama: Dahmen S. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography
    of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press; 2021. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>
  apa: Dahmen, S. (2021). <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press. <a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Dahmen_2021, title={Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An
    Institutional Ethnography of Activation Work in Action}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>},
    publisher={Bielefeld University Press}, author={Dahmen, Stephan}, year={2021}
    }'
  chicago: Dahmen, Stephan. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061</a>.
  ieee: S. Dahmen, <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
  mla: Dahmen, Stephan. <i>Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional
    Ethnography of Activation Work in Action</i>. Bielefeld University Press, 2021,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839457061">10.14361/9783839457061</a>.
  short: S. Dahmen, Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography
    of Activation Work in Action, Bielefeld University Press, 2021.
date_created: 2023-01-18T10:14:30Z
date_updated: 2023-01-18T10:16:56Z
department:
- _id: '723'
- _id: '724'
doi: 10.14361/9783839457061
keyword:
- Youth
- Welfare State
- Transitions
- Human Service Organizations
- Institutional Ethnography
- Activation
- Sociology of Conventions
- Work
- Education
- Educational Research
- Sociology of Education
- Social Pedagogy
- History of Education
- Bielefeld University Press
language:
- iso: eng
page: '312'
publisher: Bielefeld University Press
status: public
title: Regulating Transitions from School to Work. An Institutional Ethnography of
  Activation Work in Action
type: book
user_id: '48187'
year: '2021'
...