Volunteer Opportunity: Join the Gothenburg SIPGI Project at the Science Festival!  

Are you a student who is looking to contribute to meaningful research and gain hands-on experience? The SIPGI  (Social Institutions, Politics, and Integration of Refugees) research program at the University of Gothenburg is looking for dedicated volunteers to assist with a virtual reality field experiment during the Science Festival in Gothenburg.

About the Experiment
This exciting experiment aims to explore how seeing the world through the eyes of a refugee impacts empathy, attitudes, and behaviors toward Syrian refugees. The study was replicated last year in Turkey and is scheduled to be replicated in Jordan later this year (2025).

Where?  Nordstan, Gothenburg

When?   April 1–6, 2025

Timeslots: Each day consists of three timeslots: 10:00–13:30;  13:30–16:30; and 16:30–20:00, or 10:00–12:30;  12:30–15:00 and 15:00–18:00, over the weekend. 

You can sign up for multiple timeslots but must attend the full duration of each timeslot (including arriving 15 minutes earlier).

What’s in It for You?

As a volunteer, you will receive training and hands-on experience in conducting a social science field experiment; be acknowledged in future publications from the SIPGI project (upon your approval); earn a certificate of participation for your CV;  get a 100 SEK voucher for lunch or coffee for each timeslot you attend; and most importantly you will contribute to research that could positively impact the lives of refugees and migrants in Sweden and beyond.

Ready to Join?

Sign up below to be part of this exciting field work and help make a difference. Together, we can drive research that fosters empathy and understanding across communities.

Last Day to Register: 14 March 2025
We look forward to working with you at the Science Festival!

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 Over the past couple of years, our volunteers recruited over 400 participants and helped make the project a success. Join us this year and be part of a unique experience!  
Before you sign up, we want to inform you that you will be asked to recruit strangers at Vetenskapsfestivalen (the Science Festival) in Nordstan for the virtual reality experience. We will provide you with training on this and a text you can read to recruit potential participants. But, if you feel you are too shy to engage with strangers you should not sign up for this event. We will try to assign you in pairs so it is a bit easier, but we cannot guarantee you will have a recruitment partner. With this information, please confirm that you would like to continue signing up: *
Before you sign up, we want to inform you that you will be working with VR headset and noise cancelling headphones that you might need to try yourself during the training and when working in the field. Hence, If you are prone to motion sickness or pregnant you may not want to participate in this field work. With this information, please confirm that you would like to continue signing up: *
You will need to participate in a training for this project that will take two to three hours. Can you attend a training sometime on end of March? We can determine an appropriate time once we have our facilitator volunteers confirmed. The training will be held in English as that is the language of the lead researcher on this project. *
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