ESR Prize for the best article of the year

IHS researcher Georg Kanitsar was awarded the Best Article of the Year Award by the European Sociological Review for his article "Leaving the bike unlocked: trust discrimination in inter-ethnic encounters".

In a field experiment, Kanitsar investigated trust in fellow human beings and observed whether cyclists left their bikes unattended in the presence of a stranger passing by. The result: cyclists trusted ethnic minorities significantly less than locals.

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