ETHNICGOODS is a five-year research project funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. It is hosted by the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals and led by Dr Matthias vom Hau.
Our goal is to challenge the notion that ethnic diversity dampens public goods such as healthcare or education. We conceive the relationship between these factors as spurious and consider instead the role of the formation of modern nation-states in shaping them. Based on this historical perspective, we will provide new evidence around the developmental consequences of ethnic heterogeneity.

ETHNICGOODS is a five-year research project funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant. Our goal is to challenge the notion that ethnic heterogenicity dampens public assets. ETHNICGOODS envisions that the relationship between these factors as spurious and considers instead the role of modern nation-state formation.
Our project is hosted by the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals and led by Dr Matthias vom Hau. He will lead our research based on the historical construction of diversity to provide new evidence around the developmental consequences of ethnic heterogeneity.
Project introductory video
What’s new?
New interview: meet Emre Amasyali, ETHNICGOODS Postdoctoral Fellow
The second in our series of interviews introduces us to Emre Amasyali, one of ETHNICGOODS’ Postdoctoral Fellows. Welcome to Barcelona, [...]
ETHNICGOODS-IBEI research seminar coming soon
On March 28 a new seminar co-organized by ETHNICGOODS and IBEI will take place. On this occasion, Harris Mylonas will [...]
Interview with Chun-Ying Wu, ETHNICGOODS Postdoctoral Fellow
Chun-Ying Wu joined ETHNICGOODS in November 2021. In the first in a series of interviews to the members of the [...]
New IBEI-ETHNICGOODS Research Seminar
On January 17, 2022, Julia Lerch from the University of California Irvine will conduct a Research Seminar entitled "Contestations of [...]
VACANCIES: Internship positions
ETHNICGOODS invites applications for paid internship positions to begin as soon as possible. Each internship requires 120 hours, can [...]
Upcoming ETHNICGOODS research seminars
During the course 2021-22, IBEI and ETHNICGOODS have organised a series of research seminars. These will be two-folded: first, an [...]
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👨🏽🎓👩🏽🎓IBEI future graduates Shivam Shammit Ghai, Angel Manuel Almendros Salerno & Mercédesz Mária Lajos (Master's in #InternationalRelations) highlight to their classmates the need to become the change they want to see in the world at #IBEIgradCeremony22: https://t.ly/X7_d
In this article, @emreamasyali (@ethnicgoods Postdoc Research Fellow at IBEI) studies the protestant missionary education and the diffusion of women’s education in the Anatolian region of the Ottoman Empire.
🔎http://t.ly/R_BZ
Published in @socscihist
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Open Access Science! "Introduction to Migration Studies" includes highly valuable scientific online resources for all researchers out there 👩🏫👩💼👩💻🧑🏫🧑💼🧑💻
In ETHNICGOODS we support open science.
Enjoy!#openaccess #OpenScience #migration #Diversity
More exciting open access book news! @pwascholten’s interactive #openaccess #textbook “Introduction to Migration Studies” is now available. Congratulations to the editor and authors! Free & unlimited access on: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92377-8. #migration
📖 Conferencia Inaugural: The current relevance of the #Peace, #Security and #Development nexus. Con @KaldorM, Catedrática de Gobernanza Global @LSEnews, y Profesora Afiliada en el IBEI. Moderada por @mvomhau, Profesor Agregado e Investigador @ERC_Research en el IBEI @ethnicgoods
ETHNICGOODS Postdoctoral Fellow Chun-Ying Wu jointly with co-authors @jayckao and @dramyhliu have just published an article on minority language recognition and trust in authoritarian regimes. CONGRATULATIONS!! Read it👇👇👇
In #FirstView article @jayckao, @dramyhliu, Chun-Ying Wu investigate if minorities in multiethnic authoritarian states more likely to trust the government when their language is recognized. #polisciresearch https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221097148
What’s new?
New interview: meet Emre Amasyali, ETHNICGOODS Postdoctoral Fellow
The second in our series of interviews introduces us to [...]
Twitter feed
👨🏽🎓👩🏽🎓IBEI future graduates Shivam Shammit Ghai, Angel Manuel Almendros Salerno & Mercédesz Mária Lajos (Master's in #InternationalRelations) highlight to their classmates the need to become the change they want to see in the world at #IBEIgradCeremony22: https://t.ly/X7_d
In this article, @emreamasyali (@ethnicgoods Postdoc Research Fellow at IBEI) studies the protestant missionary education and the diffusion of women’s education in the Anatolian region of the Ottoman Empire.
🔎http://t.ly/R_BZ
Published in @socscihist
📷
Open Access Science! "Introduction to Migration Studies" includes highly valuable scientific online resources for all researchers out there 👩🏫👩💼👩💻🧑🏫🧑💼🧑💻
In ETHNICGOODS we support open science.
Enjoy!#openaccess #OpenScience #migration #Diversity
More exciting open access book news! @pwascholten’s interactive #openaccess #textbook “Introduction to Migration Studies” is now available. Congratulations to the editor and authors! Free & unlimited access on: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92377-8. #migration
📖 Conferencia Inaugural: The current relevance of the #Peace, #Security and #Development nexus. Con @KaldorM, Catedrática de Gobernanza Global @LSEnews, y Profesora Afiliada en el IBEI. Moderada por @mvomhau, Profesor Agregado e Investigador @ERC_Research en el IBEI @ethnicgoods
ETHNICGOODS Postdoctoral Fellow Chun-Ying Wu jointly with co-authors @jayckao and @dramyhliu have just published an article on minority language recognition and trust in authoritarian regimes. CONGRATULATIONS!! Read it👇👇👇
In #FirstView article @jayckao, @dramyhliu, Chun-Ying Wu investigate if minorities in multiethnic authoritarian states more likely to trust the government when their language is recognized. #polisciresearch https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221097148