EDITORIAL
Special Issue on “The Social Psychology of Forced Migration and Refugee Integration” in the European Journal of Social Psychology
Gerald Echterhoff, Jens H. Hellmann,
Mitja Back, Victoria Esses,
Ulrich Wagner,
Corresponding Author
Jens H. Hellmann
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Correspondence[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorVictoria Esses
The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorGerald Echterhoff, Jens H. Hellmann,
Mitja Back, Victoria Esses,
Ulrich Wagner,
Corresponding Author
Jens H. Hellmann
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Correspondence[email protected]Search for more papers by this authorVictoria Esses
The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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