From one closed door to another: Cumulative discrimination and prejudice against marginalised groups in Europe (EqualStrength)

Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster

Project head: Dr. Susanne Veit

Project team members: Pelin Atay ,  Dr. Johanna Hildebrandt ,  Sophie Uhl ,  Dr. Elli Zey

Project Lead: Prof. Mathew Creighton (Coordinator, University College Dublin); CO-PIs: Marina Fernandez-Reino, PhD, (University of Oxford), Dr. Simonovits Borbála (Budapest Intézet), Prof. Dr. Bram Lancee (UvA, Amsterdam), Prof. Daniel Capistrano (University College Dublin), Pieter-Paul Verhaege (Free Universty of Brussels), Prof. Josef Montag (Charles University Prague), Prof. Dr. Eva Zschirnt (UvA, Amsterdam), Ágota Scharle (Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis), Prof. Dr. Valentina Di Stasio (Utrecht University), Hector Cebolla (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid), Prof. Stephanie Steinmetz (University of Lausanne), Dr. Susanne Veit (DeZIM).

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Project description:

The Horizon Project EqualStrength examines cumulative forms of discrimination against people with migrant backgrounds, religious minorities, and racialized groups across countries. By simultaneously examining disadvantage and discrimination in the labor market, child care, and housing markets, it places the family at the center of interest. This project adopts a cross-national and intersectional perspective, contrasting the experiences of the general population with those of people experiencing discrimination. Methodologically, the project combines field experiments with surveys and response time-based indirect measurement techniques, as well as secondary data, registry data, and policy analysis. DeZIM.lab is particularly responsible for the implementation of the field experiments in Germany and coordinates the cross-national implementation of the Avoidance Task, a reaction time-based indirect measurement method, with MIND.set.

Project website: equalstrength.eu

Funding: Horizon Europe (Third-party funding)