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Globalisation and Inter-ethnic Trust in Post-Socialist Macedonia

A preliminary investigation on Globalisation and Inter-ethnic Trust in Post-Socialist Madedonia

3 October 2018

Grant


³Ò°ù²¹²Ô³Ù:ÌýGrand Challenges Special Initiatives
Year awarded: 2018-19
Amount awarded: £2,199

Academics


  • Luca Uberti, School of Slavonic and EasternÌýEuropean Studies, Arts & Humanities
  • Jan Germen Janmaat, Department of Education, Practice and Society, IOEÌý Ìý

The aim was to conduct a pilot study to assess the feasibility of a proposed behavioural economics study of industrialisation and interethnic trust in the Republic of North Macedonia. The UCL GC grant funded background research, as well as a preliminary fieldwork trip to Macedonia (11-15 February 2019). The trip was intended to:

  1. Identify a foreign-owned company that satisfied a set of requirements and was willing to take part in our experimental study;
  2. Establish a working relationship with a North Macedonian colleague (South East European University, Tetovo), who assisted on the ground;
  3. Familiarise ourselves with the local context. 7 foreign-owned companies across North-West North Macedonia were pre-selected, contacted and interviewed, with one finally selected to conduct the study.

This allowed the research team toÌýgain in-depth knowledge of Macedonia's foreign-owned manufacturing sector, as well as a good background knowledge of interethnic relations between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Macedonians in this post-Yugoslav Republic.

Outputs and Impacts


  • Strengthened relationship with external partners in North Macedonia and France

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