Universal principles of intercultural relations are a basis for culturally-appropriate research, policies and practices: Response to commentaries on “How shall we all live together?”

Applied Psychology: An International Review. 2022. Vol. 71. No. 3. P. 1053–1057.

Berry J. W., Grigoryev D.

Reading the two commentaries (Birman, 2022; Schwartz & Cobb, 2022) has provided us with an opportunity to reflect further on many of the issues confronting researchers and policy makers in the domains of immigration, acculturation, and settlement. We are very grateful to the commenters for their direct and precise observations, questions, and suggestions, which greatly complement and clarify some places in Berry et al.’s meta-analytic review of the MIRIPS project (2022). Below we make some comments of our own on the main points raised by the commenters.

Keywords: acculturation, integration, multiculturalism, cultural diversity, adaptation, Intergroup Contact, intercultural relations

Publication based on the results of: Values, intercultural and socio-economic interaction in the context of ethnic diversity and the COVID-19 pandemic (2022)