EqualStrength

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]

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 ⬇️

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

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@stephsteinmetz.bsky.social

View of a road with mountains in the background

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

Researchers from the Horizon funded EqualStrength consortium discussing research

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!

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

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

@alvaroszv.bsky.social @hcebolla.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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@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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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?

Person standing infront of a presentation titled the hijab penalty: how wearing a headscarf shapes judgement of wage fairness

@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

Seminar room with a presentation projected in the back and people sitting around listening

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! 👇

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.