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Klarita Gërxhani is Professor in Behavioral Socio-Economics at the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Before joining the VU she was professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the European University Institute (EUI).
Her main expertise lies in behavioral socio-economics. After completing her M.A. in General Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Albania, she received her M. Phil and Ph.D. (2002) in Economics at the Tinbergen Institute and the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam. She continued her academic career as a post-doctoral researcher at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies and the Amsterdam School for Social science Research at the University of Amsterdam.
She has tried to establish a link between economics and sociology in her position as Assistant Professor and later as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, at the University of Amsterdam, while being a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam, and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. Klarita is a lifelong member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Research
In her interdisciplinary research, she has pursued a combination of field surveys with laboratory-, field-, and survey-experiments. She is the author of various articles published in journals like Journal of Political Economy, Harvard Business Review, American Journal of Sociology, Annual Review of Sociology, Social Networks, European Sociological Review, Experimental Economics, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Institutional Economics, European Economic Review, Social Science Research, Journal of Economic Psychology, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, etc.
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User created Keywords
- Behavioral socio-economics
- Status-ranking competition and gender inequalities
- Experimental economics and experimental sociology
- Discrimination
- Labor Market and Organizations
- Institutional theory
- Social norms and behaviour
- Informal economies and tax evasion
- Social capital
- Laboratory-, field-, and survey-experiments
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Choice homophily on social origin and race: Experimental evidence from a US university
Song, H. G., Foley, W., van de Rijt, A. & Gërxhani, K., Dec 2025, In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 100, p. 1-11 11 p., 101103.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Does gender status bias carry over from in-person to virtual interaction?
Meixner-Yun, T. K., Gërxhani, K. & van de Rijt, A., Dec 2025, In: Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 20, p. 1-12 12 p., 100815.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Verdeel toenemende dementielast eerlijker onder mannen en vrouwen
Krabbe-Alkemade, Y., Amankour, F., Gërxhani, K., Portrait, F. R. M. & van Wieringen, M., 20 Nov 2025, In: Economisch Statistische Berichten. 110, 4851, p. 508-509 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Professional
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Gender bias in evaluating assistant professorship applicants? Evidence from harmonized survey experiments in Germany and Italy
Gërxhani, K., Kulic, N., Rusconi, A. & Solga, H., Feb 2025, In: Social Science Research. 126, 19 p., 103113.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Experimental sociology: Outline of a scientific field
Gërxhani, K., Barrera, D., Kittel, B., Miller, L. & Wolbring, T., 2024, Cambridge University Press. 210 p. (Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences)Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review
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Projects
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NWO OC M: Beyond Gender: The Impact of Intersectional Stereotypes on Labour Market Evaluations
Gërxhani, K. (Principal Investigator), Brütt, K. (Project Researcher) & Hoole, E. M. (PhD candidate)
1/09/25 → 31/08/29
Project: Research
Activities
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Sociaal Wetenschappelijke Raad (SWR) - KNAW (External organisation)
Gërxhani, K. (Member)
2026 → 2029Activity: Membership › Academic
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Invited speaker: International conference ‘#LeadBalkans 2026’, organized by the Western Balkan Funds, Tirana, Albania
Gërxhani, K. (Speaker)
25 Feb 2026Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
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Invited speaker: Gender Research Network, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gërxhani, K. (Speaker)
24 Mar 2026 → …Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Academic
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Keynote: Letting Science Lead the Way
Gërxhani, K. (Speaker)
7 Mar 2025Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
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International Advisory Board, LUISS University, Rome, Italy (External organisation)
Gërxhani, K. (Member)
2025 → …Activity: Membership › Academic
Prizes / Grants
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European Public Choice Society 2003 Wicksell Prize (€1000) for the best paper by a researcher below the age of 30
Gërxhani, K. (Recipient), 2003
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
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External Research Council – EUI 2016 grant (€9.200)
Gërxhani, K. (Recipient), 2015
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Press/Media
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Invited guest: ‘Albanian Diaspora’ talk show, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) – Albanian Radio and Television, Tirana, Albania
27/06/25
1 Media contribution
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Albanian KNAW scientist: Interview, ABC Niews, Tirana, Albania
16/10/24
1 Media contribution
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Albanian Diaspora: Interview, A2 Business CNN, Tirana, Albania
3/10/24
1 Media contribution
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Datasets
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Data for: Are there gender differences in status-ranking aversion?
Gërxhani, K. (Creator), Brandts, J. (Creator) & Schram, A. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2023
DOI: 10.34894/REYUX9, https://doi.org/10.34894/REYUX9
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Data for: Double standards? Co-authorship and gender bias in early-stage academic evaluations
Gërxhani, K. (Creator), Kulic, N. (Creator) & Liechti, F. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2023
DOI: 10.34894/X4NUTA, https://doi.org/10.34894/X4NUTA
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Data for: Social-status ranking: a hidden channel to gender inequality under competition
Gërxhani, K. (Creator), Schram, A. (Creator), Brandts, J. (Creator) & Gërxhani, K. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 2023
DOI: 10.34894/1t0nfs, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/1T0NFS
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Data for: Who Will Do It? Volunteering to Change Cooperation Rules in a Heterogeneous Population
Gërxhani, K. (Creator), Völker, B. (Creator) & Van Breemen, J. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2023
DOI: 10.34894/36KVFV, https://doi.org/10.34894/36KVFV
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Anticipating Peer Ranking Causes Hormonal Adaptations That Benefit Cognitive Performance
De Dreu, C. K. W. (Creator), Gërxhani, K. (Creator) & Schram, A. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5327075.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Anticipating_Peer_Ranking_Causes_Hormonal_Adaptations_That_Benefit_Cognitive_Performance/5327075/1
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