Investigating cumulative and structural forms of discrimination against Roma

In this research, we examine cumulative and structural forms of discrimination and prejudice against Roma in the labour market, the rental housing market and access to childcare. The research methodology is developed jointly with our European partners, so that the results in Hungary can be compared with those for ethnic, racial and religious minorities in other European countries.

The main contribution of the project is to investigate cumulative and structural forms of discrimination, outgroup prejudice and hate crimes against ethnic, racial and religious minorities from a cross-setting and intersectional perspective. We focus on the family, rather than the individual person and analyse how discrimination cumulates and intersects across key life domains. Lastly, we study whether and how the structural disadvantage and systemic discrimination that minority families experience in their lives vary according to local policies, and institutional and political contexts. 

The Equalstrength project is supported under the Horizon Europe programme of the EU. It is led by University College Dublin (IE), and includes 9 partners: the Budapest Institute, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES), DeZIM Institut (DE), University of Oxford (UK), Univerzita Karlova (CZ), Université de Lausanne (CH), Universiteit van Amsterdam (NL), Universiteit Utrecht (NL) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE).