Sigrid Suetens

Prof. Dr. Sigrid Suetens is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Tilburg University's Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM). She holds an ERC Consolidator Grant and is affiliated with the Tilburg Law and Economic Center (TILEC). Her research focuses on experimental and behavioral economics, particularly exploring strategic incentives for cooperation, ethnic discrimination, and the societal impacts of diversity. She teaches courses such as Experimental Economics and Micro-economics: Agents and Markets.

• Education: Advanced degrees in economics (details omitted per text constraints)
• Research Interests: Social dilemmas, refugee integration effects, moral behavior under competition, and policy implications of ethnic diversity.

Her work bridges theory and empirical evidence, using experimental methods to analyze real-world phenomena like discrimination reduction through cooperative contact and the causal links between diversity and redistribution support. Recent studies include landmark analyses of refugee exposure impacts in the Netherlands and meta-analyses of competition effects on moral behavior.

• Awards: ERC Consolidator Grant (2018-2022)
• Grants/Projects: Multiple funded projects on discrimination, redistribution, and cooperation mechanisms.

She advises PhD candidates and collaborates internationally, contributing to journals like the Economic Journal and the American Economic Journal. Her lab focuses on behavioral experiments in economic decision-making contexts.