Innovation and Economics - Career
Tourists with Moroccan names are more likely to be refused a reservation. Tourists with Moroccan-sounding names experience structural discrimination on Airbnb. This is the result uncovered by a new study conducted by Professor Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe and his team at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. For their research, the sociologists conducted 1,043 mail tests on Airbnb during the summer of 2021.
The University launches a mentoring programme to support researchers in their career development and to promote gender equality. The ADVANCE programme will match early career researchers with more experienced scientists.
Six Ghent researchers win an ERC Consolidator Grant. This important European research grant enables them to continue their groundbreaking research.
