#VSSER25 #session4🎙️ Welcome back to another episode of Revise and Resubmit — the podcast where we crack open academic gems and pull out the insights that actually matter. You’ve landed on our Weekend Researcher Special, and today, we’re going to flip the script on something we thought we understood.💡 Let’s talk about intuition — that gut feeling investors claim to trust, and the silent culprit we’ve often blamed for gender bias in funding decisions. But what if that intuition… isn’t the villain?Today we’re diving into the FT50-listed, field-shaking article titled “Investor Intuition Promotes Gender Equality in Access to Reward-Based Crowdfunding”, published in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and brought to us by the brilliant minds of Katharina Fellnhofer and Yu Deng.📊 In not one, not two, but three randomized controlled experiments involving nearly 3,000 participants from Europe and the US, these researchers did something bold. They didn’t just talk about bias — they tested it. And the result? Investor intuition actually leveled the playing field. Yup, you heard that right. When investors went with their gut, women didn’t get shut out — they got a fair shot.Instead of intuition reinforcing inequality, this paper suggests it might just be nudging us toward equity. 🎯 It’s time to rethink how we view fast decision-making in finance. Maybe intuition isn't unscientific... maybe it just hasn't had the credit it deserves.So here's the curious question I’ll leave you with: 🤔If our intuition can be a force for fairness, what other biases might we be wrongly blaming it for?Massive thanks to Katharina Fellnhofer, Yu Deng, and the team at SAGE Publications for this eye-opening contribution to the conversation.📢 If this made you think — or even made you raise an eyebrow — then make sure to subscribe to Revise and Resubmit on Spotify, follow our YouTube channel, Weekend Researcher, and catch us on Amazon Prime Music and Apple Podcast 🎧📱💻Until next time, keep questioning, keep exploring, and keep that intuition tuned in. 👀✨ReferenceFellnhofer, K., & Deng, Y. (2024). Investor intuition promotes gender equality in access to reward-based crowdfunding. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 48(2), 675–718. https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587231192150Youtube Channel⁠https://www.youtube.com/@weekendresearcher⁠Support us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/weekendresearcher

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