The UniDiv project addresses two main questions:
- Is immigrant adaptation a complex process consisting of various dimensions (socio-economic, cultural, social, spatial) and, if so, how do these dimensions influence one another (if at all)?
- To what extent do academic researchers, policy makers and the general public perceived and define immigrant adaptation as a multidimensional process or do they focus on specific dimensions and outcomes?
More specifically, we aim at exploring:
- the extent of the dimensionality of immigrant adaptation in Britain;
- the existing evidence on whether adaptation in one dimension helps adaptation in another or whether these dimensions are independent;
- whether this dimensionality and independence between dimensions vary across gender, ethnic and generational lines;
- the extent to which the same or different dimensions are prioritised in the definitions and understandings of immigrant adaptation among academic researchers, policy makers and the general public;
- what data and policy responses might be more effective in addressing the concerns of both the ethnic majority and minority groups;
- whether some dimensions might need to be prioritised as they are likely to influence outcomes in other dimensions.