EASP Small Group Meeting on Intersectionality and Multiple Categorization

Over the past two decades, intersectionality has evolved from its roots in U.S. Black feminism and legal theory into a global framework for understanding social inequalities across multiple dimensions like race, gender, sexuality, class, nationality, and ability. While it is increasingly applied in social psychology to study identity, stereotyping, and discrimination, much of the well-known research remains U.S.-based. However, significant work is being conducted outside the U.S. context—albeit in a highly fragmented manner—highlighting the urgent need for dialogue on how to strengthen intersectional research on a global scale.

From June 26-28, Isabelle Weissflog, Sarah Buhl and Anni Schröder (Chemnitz University of Technology), and Yasin Koc (University of Groningen) brought together researchers from social psychology and related disciplines from diverse cultural backgrounds across Europe and beyond in Chemnitz, Germany, European Capital of Culture 2025.

The meeting was greatly shaped by participants' research interests and experiences, providing an interactive space to share research findings, discuss theory, exchange methodological expertise and practical strategies for real-world impact, and critically reflect on our work. Following the meeting, we will continue strengthening and expanding this network of intersectionality and multiple categorization researchers to facilitate exchange and collaborations and advance the integration of intersectionality into social psychology and related disciplines globally.

The meeting was funded by the European Association of Social Psychology and the German Foundation for Peace Research.