An Earthquake Brought Turks and Syrians Together & Underscored Need for Real-Time Research on How People Respond to Natural Disasters

When two massive earthquakes (magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6) devastated southern and central Turkey in February 2023, they did more than destroy towns and villages — they brought communities together in unexpected solidarity. 

An international research team, including Claire White, professor of religious studies at California State University, Northridge, seized this critical moment to explore how shared suffering fosters profound social connections, even between strangers from different backgrounds….

Read more of the media release in the Newsroom.