Dounia Bourabain
Biographic Data
| ID | 905234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dounia Bourabain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dounia |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourabain |
| SIGNATURE | BOURABAIN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hasselt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4382-8268 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Decolonial hacking of higher education
Calls for the decolonization of higher education (HE) have multiplied across the globe. In the scientific literature, decolonial theory has flourished at a conceptual level, yet there remains a critical need to deepen our understanding and articulation of its modalities and praxis in HE. Drawing on the notion of "decolonial hacking", we - three faculty members in different professional positions with different racialized positionalities - introsp…
Joy as a technology of resistance and freedom
This article examines how nine racialized scholars based in the Netherlands and Belgium experience and practice Joy in predominantly white academic spaces. Drawing on a reflexive thematic analysis of podcast conversations, we show how Joy emerges through intentional engagement in alternative modes of teaching and doing research that resists institutional whiteness. The experiences of racialized scholars particularly emphasize the generation of Jo…
From space invaders to space interpreters
This paper examines the spatial resistance tactics of early career academics (ECAs) against racism and sexism in academia. Drawing on 50 in-depth interviews with ECAs from five Belgian Dutch-speaking universities, I investigate how women ECAs’ everyday enactments of resistance are a way to navigate the exclusionary boundaries of academia. I identify three manifestations of everyday resistance in which women ECAs transgress and reconstitute symbol…
Unpacking social safety
In light of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and the Decolonisation movement, sexual and racial violence has gained renewed attention within academic institutions. One notable policy response within the Dutch (academic) context has been the emergence of the notion of ‘social safety’. This article is one of the first to examine whether and how this new policy response allows for true anti-racist feminist praxis to achieve equality in academia. We conduc…
Un/muting Muslim difference
The academy's efforts to celebrate racialized and gendered Others often serve to reinforce its image as progressive and inclusive. Yet these narratives starkly contrast with the everyday racist and sexist experiences of racialized and female academics. Within this broader context of exclusion, the role of religious-based racism, specifically Islam, remains largely overlooked. Anti-Muslim racism, though deeply embedded in academia, operates as an …
Integration, negotiation, interrogation
In this paper, I discuss the gendered‐racialised interactional and contextual dynamics hindering the socialisation of ethnic minoritised women (EMW) within Belgian higher education. Based on in‐depth interviews, I develop the concept of ‘socialisation climates’ to explain the key aspects that determine EMW's socialisation process. Three socialisation climates are identified: integration, negotiation and interrogation. Findings show that insiders …
Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower. The struggles and resistance of women early career academics in Belgium
Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
D'envahisseuses de l'espace à interprètes de l'espace
Cet article examine les tactiques de résistance de femmes universitaires en début de carrière (UDC), au prisme de la race, du genre et de l'espace, en nous appuyant sur 50 entretiens approfondis avec des femmes UDC de cinq universités belges néerlandophones. Croisant le travail de Scott sur la résistance ordinaire avec celui de Puwar sur les space invaders, nous identifions trois répertoires de tactiques de résistance visant à renégocier au quoti…
Equality for all? Support for equal opportunity among professors in Europe
Equal Opportunity programs (EO) continue to be at the center of the debate about promoting equality in higher education. While support for EO has been well‐studied in American higher education, this research is the first to investigate the attitudes towards and support for a range of EO policies among professors in Europe. We specifically examine faculty support for seven different EO measures used in European universities that require varying le…
Everyday Racism in Social Science Research
Since the 1980s, everyday racism has gained ground within the social sciences. However, the theory of everyday racism has not been properly adopted and, consequently, varies across different research fields. The main goal of this study is to improve the scientific rigor within research on everyday racism in the human and social sciences. Following a review of the ground-breaking work of Philomena Essed, three main components in everyday racism li…
The Conceptualization of Everyday Racism in Research on the Mental and Physical Health of Ethnic and Racial Groups
Shiny on the Outside, Rotten on the Inside? Perceptions of Female Early Career Researchers on Diversity Policies in Higher Education Institutions
School of choice or schools’ choice? Intersectional correspondence testing on ethnic and class discrimination in the enrolment procedure to Flemish kindergarten
Most research on intake focusses on the restrictions parents’ capital cause on their abilities to choose. However, the steering effect of schools in the choice-process has been neglected. We chose the Flemish context to investigate ethnic- and class-discrimination in the enrolment to kindergarten (N = 2243). The Flemish education system is known for its exceptional ‘freedom of choice’ allowing parents to enrol their children into their school of …
Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower
The academic workplace is often described as a place of merit and equal opportunities. However, research shows a leaky pipeline where the share of women and people of color decreases in the higher echelons of academia. Explanations are often structural, referring to the access barriers women are confronted with, such as hiring and recruitment. This research investigates what goes wrong in the early phases of a female academic's career. From an in…
What Are You Reading
Pilar Pinto, Dounia Bourabain, Ali Atakay, What Are You Reading?, DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, Sexuality, politics and digital media infrastructures: Challenges for diversity (2019), pp. 75-84
Could you help me, please? Intersectional field experiments on everyday discrimination in clothing stores
Although we live in a society that pictures itself as antiracial and gender equal, research has shown that subtle forms of discrimination persist and affect the everyday life of ethnic minorities and women. This study investigates everyday discrimination while shopping in clothing stores of different price ranges from an intersectional perspective looking at ethnic and gender discrimination. To measure discrimination, we performed situation tests…
Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower
The academic workplace is often described as a place of merit and equal opportunities. However, research shows a leaky pipeline where the share of women and people of color decreases in the higher echelons of academia. Explanations are often structural, referring to the access barriers women are confronted with, such as hiring and recruitment. This research investigates what goes wrong in the early phases of a female academic's career. From an in…
School of choice or schools’ choice? Intersectional correspondence testing on ethnic and class discrimination in the enrolment procedure to Flemish kindergarten
Most research on intake focusses on the restrictions parents’ capital cause on their abilities to choose. However, the steering effect of schools in the choice-process has been neglected. We chose the Flemish context to investigate ethnic- and class-discrimination in the enrolment to kindergarten (N = 2243). The Flemish education system is known for its exceptional ‘freedom of choice’ allowing parents to enrol their children into their school of …
Could you help me, please? Intersectional field experiments on everyday discrimination in clothing stores
Although we live in a society that pictures itself as antiracial and gender equal, research has shown that subtle forms of discrimination persist and affect the everyday life of ethnic minorities and women. This study investigates everyday discrimination while shopping in clothing stores of different price ranges from an intersectional perspective looking at ethnic and gender discrimination. To measure discrimination, we performed situation tests…
Shiny on the Outside, Rotten on the Inside? Perceptions of Female Early Career Researchers on Diversity Policies in Higher Education Institutions
Decolonial hacking of higher education
Calls for the decolonization of higher education (HE) have multiplied across the globe. In the scientific literature, decolonial theory has flourished at a conceptual level, yet there remains a critical need to deepen our understanding and articulation of its modalities and praxis in HE. Drawing on the notion of "decolonial hacking", we - three faculty members in different professional positions with different racialized positionalities - introsp…
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
Equality for all? Support for equal opportunity among professors in Europe
Equal Opportunity programs (EO) continue to be at the center of the debate about promoting equality in higher education. While support for EO has been well‐studied in American higher education, this research is the first to investigate the attitudes towards and support for a range of EO policies among professors in Europe. We specifically examine faculty support for seven different EO measures used in European universities that require varying le…
Joy as a technology of resistance and freedom
This article examines how nine racialized scholars based in the Netherlands and Belgium experience and practice Joy in predominantly white academic spaces. Drawing on a reflexive thematic analysis of podcast conversations, we show how Joy emerges through intentional engagement in alternative modes of teaching and doing research that resists institutional whiteness. The experiences of racialized scholars particularly emphasize the generation of Jo…
What Are You Reading
Pilar Pinto, Dounia Bourabain, Ali Atakay, What Are You Reading?, DiGeSt. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, Sexuality, politics and digital media infrastructures: Challenges for diversity (2019), pp. 75-84
Could you help me, please? Intersectional field experiments on everyday discrimination in clothing stores
Although we live in a society that pictures itself as antiracial and gender equal, research has shown that subtle forms of discrimination persist and affect the everyday life of ethnic minorities and women. This study investigates everyday discrimination while shopping in clothing stores of different price ranges from an intersectional perspective looking at ethnic and gender discrimination. To measure discrimination, we performed situation tests…
School of choice or schools’ choice? Intersectional correspondence testing on ethnic and class discrimination in the enrolment procedure to Flemish kindergarten
Most research on intake focusses on the restrictions parents’ capital cause on their abilities to choose. However, the steering effect of schools in the choice-process has been neglected. We chose the Flemish context to investigate ethnic- and class-discrimination in the enrolment to kindergarten (N = 2243). The Flemish education system is known for its exceptional ‘freedom of choice’ allowing parents to enrol their children into their school of …
Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower
The academic workplace is often described as a place of merit and equal opportunities. However, research shows a leaky pipeline where the share of women and people of color decreases in the higher echelons of academia. Explanations are often structural, referring to the access barriers women are confronted with, such as hiring and recruitment. This research investigates what goes wrong in the early phases of a female academic's career. From an in…
Everyday Racism in Social Science Research
Since the 1980s, everyday racism has gained ground within the social sciences. However, the theory of everyday racism has not been properly adopted and, consequently, varies across different research fields. The main goal of this study is to improve the scientific rigor within research on everyday racism in the human and social sciences. Following a review of the ground-breaking work of Philomena Essed, three main components in everyday racism li…
The Conceptualization of Everyday Racism in Research on the Mental and Physical Health of Ethnic and Racial Groups
Shiny on the Outside, Rotten on the Inside? Perceptions of Female Early Career Researchers on Diversity Policies in Higher Education Institutions
Equality for all? Support for equal opportunity among professors in Europe
Equal Opportunity programs (EO) continue to be at the center of the debate about promoting equality in higher education. While support for EO has been well‐studied in American higher education, this research is the first to investigate the attitudes towards and support for a range of EO policies among professors in Europe. We specifically examine faculty support for seven different EO measures used in European universities that require varying le…
Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower. The struggles and resistance of women early career academics in Belgium
Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Our aim is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community
Ethnic prejudices and public support for anti-discrimination policies on the housing market
Notwithstanding persistent levels of ethnic discrimination on the rental housing market, we have witnessed in many West-European countries a shift from targeted multicultural to colour-blind policies. At the same time, anti-immigration attitudes remained relatively stable. Whether and how these attitudes are translated in support or aversion toward anti-discrimination policies is, however, still unclear. As the first study in Europe we analyse pu…
D'envahisseuses de l'espace à interprètes de l'espace
Cet article examine les tactiques de résistance de femmes universitaires en début de carrière (UDC), au prisme de la race, du genre et de l'espace, en nous appuyant sur 50 entretiens approfondis avec des femmes UDC de cinq universités belges néerlandophones. Croisant le travail de Scott sur la résistance ordinaire avec celui de Puwar sur les space invaders, nous identifions trois répertoires de tactiques de résistance visant à renégocier au quoti…
Integration, negotiation, interrogation
In this paper, I discuss the gendered‐racialised interactional and contextual dynamics hindering the socialisation of ethnic minoritised women (EMW) within Belgian higher education. Based on in‐depth interviews, I develop the concept of ‘socialisation climates’ to explain the key aspects that determine EMW's socialisation process. Three socialisation climates are identified: integration, negotiation and interrogation. Findings show that insiders …
From space invaders to space interpreters
This paper examines the spatial resistance tactics of early career academics (ECAs) against racism and sexism in academia. Drawing on 50 in-depth interviews with ECAs from five Belgian Dutch-speaking universities, I investigate how women ECAs’ everyday enactments of resistance are a way to navigate the exclusionary boundaries of academia. I identify three manifestations of everyday resistance in which women ECAs transgress and reconstitute symbol…
Unpacking social safety
In light of #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and the Decolonisation movement, sexual and racial violence has gained renewed attention within academic institutions. One notable policy response within the Dutch (academic) context has been the emergence of the notion of ‘social safety’. This article is one of the first to examine whether and how this new policy response allows for true anti-racist feminist praxis to achieve equality in academia. We conduc…
Un/muting Muslim difference
The academy's efforts to celebrate racialized and gendered Others often serve to reinforce its image as progressive and inclusive. Yet these narratives starkly contrast with the everyday racist and sexist experiences of racialized and female academics. Within this broader context of exclusion, the role of religious-based racism, specifically Islam, remains largely overlooked. Anti-Muslim racism, though deeply embedded in academia, operates as an …
Decolonial hacking of higher education
Calls for the decolonization of higher education (HE) have multiplied across the globe. In the scientific literature, decolonial theory has flourished at a conceptual level, yet there remains a critical need to deepen our understanding and articulation of its modalities and praxis in HE. Drawing on the notion of "decolonial hacking", we - three faculty members in different professional positions with different racialized positionalities - introsp…
Joy as a technology of resistance and freedom
This article examines how nine racialized scholars based in the Netherlands and Belgium experience and practice Joy in predominantly white academic spaces. Drawing on a reflexive thematic analysis of podcast conversations, we show how Joy emerges through intentional engagement in alternative modes of teaching and doing research that resists institutional whiteness. The experiences of racialized scholars particularly emphasize the generation of Jo…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Ethnic group (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Gender Diversity and Inequality (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Racism (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Mentoring and Academic Development (4 works)