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

Project Information

EQUALSTRENGTH

Grant agreement ID: 101094527

DOI

10.3030/101094527

Project closed

EC signature date 6 December 2022

Start date 1 April 2023

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 394 901,25

EU contribution

€ 2 394 901,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
Ireland

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (7)

Research design of WP3 on contextual effects

Finalization of general research design of WP3 on contextual effects on discrimination and prejudices

Data inventory of perceptions of discrimination and hate crimes

Data inventory of international and national surveys with ethnic minority and/or migrant samples and modules on discrimination or hate crime

Stakeholders input summary

Document summarising stakeholders’ input on topic priorities and research design, based on meetings/small survey.

Research design of online survey

Harmonized research design of the online survey will be finalized.

Plan for dissemination and impact

Detailed strategy for communication, dissemination and exploitation of the projects’ outputs. An update version will be uploaded for every reporting period.

Research design of minority survey

Refinement of research design of conjoint survey experiment based on literature review and input from stakeholders and focus groups

Research design

Harmonized research design of the field experiments will be finalized, including the preparation of experimental protocols and materials.

Other (1)

Launch Event

Event to mark the start of the project and bring together all members of the consortium, Advisory Board and the European Commission.

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

The Data Management Plan (DMP) will be fully drafted and available. An update version will be uploaded for every reporting period.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

The hidden majority/minority consensus: Minorities show similar preference patterns of immigrant support as the majority population

Author(s): Sabrina J. Mayer, Christoph G. Nguyen, Jörg Dollmann, Susanne Veit
Published in: The British Journal of Sociology, Issue 74, 2023, ISSN 0007-1315
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13013

Local Governments’ Response to Discrimination: A Temporal Framework to Analyze Local Anti-discrimination Policy and Actions

Author(s): Billie Martiniello, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2056-6085
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/REP.2024.29

The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe

Author(s): Abel Ghekiere, Billie Martiniello, Daniel Capistrano, Jeremy Kuhnle, Stefanie Sprong, Pelin Atay, Héctor Cebolla Boado, Mathew Creighton, Valentina Di Stasio, Mariña Fernández-Reino, Johanna Hildebrandt, Ketevani Kapanadze, Vasilena Lachkovska, Bram Lancee, Isabel Lázaro Bueno, Josef Montag, Bori Simonovits, Stephanie Steinmetz, Ely Strömberg, Álvaro Suárez-Vergne, Sanne van Oosten, Veronika Vass-Vigh, Susanne Veit, Eva Zschirnt, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: Scientific Data, Issue 12, 2026, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41597-025-06153-8

Reducing ethnic discrimination in rental applications: the development of a training intervention

Author(s): Abel Ghekiere, Fanny D’hondt, Eva Derous, Stijn Schelfhout, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: Housing Studies, Issue 39, 2024, ISSN 0267-3037
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2170989

Addressing methodological assumptions of correspondence tests when measuring discrimination

Author(s): Abel Ghekiere, Billie Martiniello, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Issue 27, 2024, ISSN 1364-5579
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2022.2148914

Does more knowledge on anti-discrimination law relate to more support for anti-discrimination policy on the rental housing market?

Author(s): Billie Martiniello, Abel Ghekiere, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: European Societies, Issue 27, 2025, ISSN 1461-6696
Publisher: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/EUSO_A_00017

The tipping point of intolerance: radical-right elections and terrorist attacks as catalysts for anti-Muslim hate crime in Europe

Author(s): Álvaro Suárez Vergne, Héctor Cebolla Boado, Michael Lund, Inmaculada Serrano
Published in: Comparative Migration Studies, Issue 14, 2026, ISSN 2214-594X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S40878-026-00524-9

Is there ethnic discrimination in Roma children’s access to sports clubs in Hungary? Evidence from field experiments in basketball, volleyball, and soccer

Author(s): Borbála Takács, Luca Váradi, Arin Agich, Flóra Bolonyai, Gergő Szatmári, Julianna Kutas, Borbála Simonovits
Published in: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2662-9992
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1057/S41599-024-03744-5

Understanding ethnic hiring discrimination: A contextual analysis of experimental evidence

Author(s): Louis Lippens, Axana Dalle, Fanny D'hondt, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Stijn Baert
Published in: Labour Economics, Issue 85, 2025, ISSN 0927-5371
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.LABECO.2023.102453

Five Traditions of Quantitative Research on Racism: Their Research Objects, Methods, Assumptions and Relationships

Author(s): Pieter‐Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: Sociology Compass, Issue 19, 2025, ISSN 1751-9020
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/SOC4.70141

Editorial: Explaining and comparing ethnic and racial discrimination

Author(s): Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Mariña Fernández-Reino, Valentina Di Stasio
Published in: Frontiers in Sociology, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2297-7775
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FSOC.2024.1417315

Who is the majority group? Signaling majority group membership with name-based treatments in multilingual contexts: The case of Catalonia

Author(s): Mariña Fernández-Reino, Mathew J. Creighton
Published in: Social Science Research, Issue 119, 2025, ISSN 0049-089X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SSRESEARCH.2024.102983

Mapping Hate Crime Research in Europe: Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions

Author(s): Álvaro Suárez-Vergne
Published in: Deviant Behavior, 2026, ISSN 0163-9625
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2025.2612264

Even grounds: assessing discrimination in recruitment in the public sector

Author(s): Bert Leysen, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Eva Derous
Published in: International Journal of Public Sector Management, Issue 39, 2026, ISSN 0951-3558
Publisher: Emerald
DOI: 10.1108/IJPSM-06-2024-0193

Stereotypes about Muslims in the Netherlands: An Intersectional Approach

Author(s): Samira A. Wiemers, Valentina Di Stasio, Susanne Veit
Published in: Social Psychology Quarterly, Issue 87, 2026, ISSN 0190-2725
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01902725231219688

Impression formation of majority and minority applicants during resume screening—Does processing more information reduce prejudice?

Author(s): Tobias Sachs, Astrid C. Homan, Bram Lancee
Published in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Issue 54, 2024, ISSN 0021-9029
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/JASP.13047

Implicit Racial Bias in Europe: Cross-National Variation and Time Trends

Author(s): Kasimir Dederichs, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Published in: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2378-0231
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/23780231241291131

Book chapters (2)

Diskriminierung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt

Author(s): Susanne Veit, Zühal Arikan
Published in: Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften, Handbuch Diskriminierung, 2023
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-11119-9_48-1

Intersecting inequalities

Author(s): Stephanie Steinmetz, Mattia Guarnerio
Published in: Women in Turbulent Times, 2026
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781003528210-4

Other (1)

Namensbasierte Diskriminierung beim Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung

Author(s): Veit, Susanne; Dix, Jonas; Paul Heisig, Jan; Li, Jianghong; Yemane, Ruta
Publisher: Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM)