So proud of the @equalstrength.bsky.social team! 👏🏻 Over two years ago, we started this project and soon decided we did not want to just select names for our experiments but carefully pretest them first. [1/2]

Dr. Sanne van Oosten@sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 8mo ago

⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️ ✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨ When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background? 🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅 Check it out here: 🧵

For everyone using names in experimental research, check out this first publication in Nature's Scientific Data from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project on perceptions of names in Europe Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️

Dr. Sanne van Oosten@sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 8mo ago

⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️ ✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨ When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background? 🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅 Check it out here: 🧵

Check out the very first EqualStrength publication, led by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social

Dr. Sanne van Oosten@sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 8mo ago

⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️ ✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨ When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background? 🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅 Check it out here: 🧵

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Valentina Di Stasio@distasioval.bsky.social · 8mo ago

At a symposium on structural racism in Malmö, the EU Commission's anti-racism coordinator Michaela Moua stressed the importance of safeguarding the independence of science and developing a strong research infrastructure. We shared findings from Horizon projects, incl. @equalstrength.bsky.social

This week in Lausanne for workshops with the @equalstrength.bsky.social and the LIVES centre. Weather does not disappoint.

It was so good to meet with @equalstrength.bsky.social -researchers to discuss structural discrimination against Black, Muslim, and Roma people, funded by Horizon Europe. Thank you @stephsteinmetz.bsky.social, @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and Vasilena Lachkovska for hosting us at UNIL in Lausanne.

This project has been an incredible experience for all of us. The data collection is almost finished, so hopefully you’ll start seeing results from this amazing team effort in 2026. Big thanks to the organising team @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social, Stephanie Steinmetz and Vasilena Lachkovska!

Valentina Di Stasio@distasioval.bsky.social · 9mo ago

After so many months of fieldwork, it was great to present findings from our @equalstrength.bsky.social's project at the LIVES centre in beautiful Lausanne! Stay tuned for more in the coming months!

This happened 💥🎭🫶🏼 #ECSR2025 @danielcapistrano.com @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social @evazschirnt.bsky.social @distasioval.bsky.social @bramlancee.bsky.social @hcebolla.bsky.social @alvaroszv.bsky.social @heypaolo.bsky.social @mfreino.bsky.social

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement* url: academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement*

Abstract. Economists often measure discrimination as disparities arising from the direct effects of group identity. We develop new tools to model and measu

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The EquaStrength project team is ver well represented at the #ECSR2025 in Cologne. Stay tuned! @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social @distasioval.bsky.social @danielcapistrano.com @heypaolo.bsky.social @mfreino.bsky.social

Our colleagues Pelin Atay and Susanne Veit were also presenting results of the EqualStrength project at the #ISPP2025 Annual Meeting in Prague

EqualStrength crowd is the coolest crowd 😎🔥 #IMISCOE2025 (

@elystromberg.bsky.social presenting a study on intersectional stereotyping, co-authored with @evazschirnt.bsky.social #IMISCOE2025

Vasilena Lachkovska presented another @equalstrength.bsky.social article switching the focus to native’s sense of uncomfortableness

Last session, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe presents work on cross-national differences in structural racism #IMISCOE2025

@mfreino.bsky.social presents an @equalstrength.bsky.social survey module on support for DEI workplace policies among ethnic minorities that will soon be fielded

@sbvanoosten.bsky.social is presenting work on minority politicians distancing themselves from their in-group in an attempt to increase votes #IMISCOE2025

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Ely Strömberg@elystromberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Last day of #IMISCOE2025, @heypaolo.bsky.social is presenting joint work with @mfreino.bsky.social on perception of fairness and discrimination among migrants in the english housing market

more presentations from the EqualStrength consortium. Now @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social presenting in the panel organised by Carolin Schutze 'Diversity and ethnic and racial discrimination in organizations' #IMISCOE2025

@equalstrength.bsky.social team presenting at IMISCOE in Paris. @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and @danielcapistrano.com show sizeable variation in the recognition of ethnic minority names, depending on both context and respondent demographics, confirming careful pre-testing is crucial in experiments.

Excited to be at the #IMISCOE conference in Paris this week! Will present work on intersectionality and stereotypes with new data from the @equalstrength.bsky.social project in the last session on Friday. Last session is the best session right?

@evazschirnt.bsky.social presents work on the hijab penalty in wage fairness attributions, and how it relates to attractiveness. Joint work with among others @jhellyer.bsky.social. #IMISCOE2025

@jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and @danielcapistrano.com presented results of a large cross-national survey on public perceptions of majority and minority names in terms of class, race, ethnicity and religiosity

@evazschirnt.bsky.social presenting results of a factorial survey experiment on perceptions of wage penalties of workers wearing the hijab

We’re kicking off the second day with some @equalstrength.bsky.social work. @simbori.bsky.social is presenting work from a a correspondence experiment investigating discrimination against Roma in accessing childcare.

Stay tuned! 👇

Valentina Di Stasio@distasioval.bsky.social · last yr.

Gearing up for the Annual Conference of IMISCOE, in Paris. Next week, our @equalstrength.bsky.social team will be presenting fresh results from multi-sited survey and field experiments on prejudice, intersectional stereotypes and discrimination conducted in 9 European countries. Stay tuned!

Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available. Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social (also, lots of great articles are in this volume). www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Thanks for the opportunity to present our @equalstrength.bsky.social work at such a great department! Truly enjoyed my visit.

Diana Galos@dianagalos.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you, @distasioval.bsky.social, for an inspiring talk at the University of Copenhagen on discrimination in childcare access. What an important project and huge effort to collect data in nine countries—we look forward to following the next steps!

Happy to present the first results from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project! Lots to do, still, but we have a fantastic team!

EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences@eui-sps.bsky.social · last yr.

Your name. Your background. Still deciding if your child gets a spot in daycare. Today at dept Seminar Series , @distasioval.bsky.social & Lea pessin shared sobering evidence of discrimination across Europe. Research like this reminds us: biases don’t pause at the nursery door. #SPSseminar #EUI

A very productive co-creation meeting in Budapest, hosted by @simbori.bsky.social and her team, to present the results or our @equalstrength.bsky.social project on anti-Roma discrimination to stakeholders and share input for our DISBELIEF project, funded by the @eui-eu.bsky.social Widening Scheme.