Borbála Simonovits, (PhD in Sociology, AMA in Social Policy Analysis) is an Associate Professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Faculty of Education and Psychology. Her major research interests include the sharing economy, labour market, informal education, trust, discrimination, international migration, and field experiments. Besides her teaching activity, she is taking part of international research in the areas of informal education and discrimination. Currently she is taking part in the international H2020 research, titled as EqualStrength, „From one Closed Door to Another: Cumulative Discrimination and Prejudice Against Marginalised Groups in Europe”, as the Principal Investigator of the Hungarian team. (https://equalstrength.eu). Besides she is co-leading an OTKA Research Grant (Project ID: K-147169) financed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, titled as "Social trust, participation, and perceived risks associated with shared mobility services. How to promote participation in shared mobility services in Hungary?" between  January 2024 – December 2027.