Discrimination and Group Identities

Informacje na temat projektu

DISGRID

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 101024200

DOI

10.3030/101024200

Realizacja projektu zakończyła się 31 Sierpnia 2023

Data podpisania przez KE 24 Marca 2021

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Czerwca 2021

Data zakończenia 29 Listopada 2023

Finansowanie w ramach

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Koszt całkowity

€ 175 572,48

Wkład UE

€ 175 572,48

Koordynowany przez

UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - DISGRID (Discrimination and Group Identities)

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2021-06-01 do 2023-05-31

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

Opportunities in life in Europe de facto hinge on group memberships that de jure should not matter for individual outcomes – prompting EC president Ursula von der Leyen to press for renewed efforts to answer the question: “Why do racism and discrimination endure in our societies?”

Located at the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University and in collaboration with the University of Applied Police Sciences Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, this project contributes to answering two research questions:

i) Which types of group identities more vs. less likely induce discriminatory behavior? and

ii) Which types of persons are more vs. less likely to adopt such group identities?

Prace wykonane od początku projektu do końca okresu sprawozdawczego oraz najważniejsze dotychczasowe rezultaty

In WP1 a comprehensive meta-analysis of economic experiments studying discrimination is conducted. It focuses on the strengths of different types of group identities and on individual heterogeneity in their adoption. Doing so, this meta-study provides key empirical insights at an unprecedented level of detail into the mechanics of discriminatory group identities and their interaction with individual levels of readiness to adopt them - a trait labeled 'groupiness'.

In WP2 an experimental study was conducted to dissect ‘groupiness’ by investigating a) if long-term exposure to environments of stronger vs. weaker group identities has an impact on individual levels of ‘groupiness’ and b) whether individuals who have a higher readiness to follow rules in general are also more likely to show ‘groupy’ behavior.

Innowacyjność oraz oczekiwany potencjalny wpływ (w tym dotychczasowe znaczenie społeczno-gospodarcze i szersze implikacje społeczne projektu)

The insights gained in WPs 1 and 2 inform substantially improved theoretical models of group identity based discriminatory behavior and will be also instrumental for practitioners aiming at changing group identities for the better. In particular, the results obtained can be exploited directly for informing and potentially improving the professional training of young women and men striving to become law enforcement officers.

Two police officers walking through fog and talking (image provided by SHPOKS via pixabay.com)