Scoping Review Protocol - Discrimination and Civic Engagement

Immigrants, especially Muslims, are targets of discriminatory acts and practices in European and North American countries they live in (Thijssen et al. 2022; Riach and Rich 2002). Various studies highlight the negative impact of discrimination on the lives of those who experience or perceive discrimination against them. Among the negative consequences are physical and mental health problems, a reduction of life satisfaction and quality of life, as well as a withdrawal from social and political life (Bertrand and Duflo 2017). At the same time, research shows that discriminatory experiences can motivate people to work on the provision of collective goods. They work on social change to lessen discriminatory circumstances and to improve living conditions for all immigrants in their societies. A key instrument to tackle this is civic engagement (Agostini and van Zomeren 2021). To date, no systematic overview over the body of literature on the link between discrimination and civic engagement exists, nor is there an appraisal of the usage of concepts and statistical instruments. Our research aims are to take systematic stock of the academic journal literature on discrimination and civic engagement; to investigate how researchers conceptualise and measure discrimination and civic engagement and whether they take different forms of both into account; to assess how scholars represent the link between discrimination and civic engagement in their statistical analyses.