Alexi Gugushvili
@a-gugushvili.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology @ University of Oslo | Researching social stratification, health inequalities, and political sociology
New research from @mhamjediers.bsky.social, @ppraeg.bsky.social, and @a-gugushvili.bsky.social investigates whether large-scale geopolitical shocks causally reshape how individuals perceive their intergenerational mobility. Read this article open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NEW ARTICLE by CREST Sociology's Patrick Präg in Social Science Research: "Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and perceived intergenerational mobility in Czechia and Uruguay. An unexpected event during survey design study" OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
1/ Can AI help researchers check whether published social science results actually reproduce? In our new PNAS paper, we tested this directly in the AI Replication Games: 288 researchers, 103 teams, and real replication packages from quantitative social science.
@dailymail.co.uk coverage of our study on subjective social status and mortality risk in the United States published in Health Psychology @apadivision38.bsky.social
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 6mo agoSocial climbing may reduce the risk of an early death, researchers find trib.al/jzJ76LZ
The flagship journal of the European Sociological Association, European Societies, makes published articles free for everyone & does not charge authors a publication fee. Authors of quantitative work are required to openly share data & code. No @asanews.bsky.social journal shares all these traits.
Editorial: What we promised, and what we delivered
As we write our final editorial for European Societies, we return to the spirit of our first editorial (Präg, Ersanilli and Gugushvili, 2022) and to the question that guided our tenure: did we deliver...
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Thank you, Arno @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social , for your excellent work on this👍
Arno Van Hootegem 🌱@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · 8mo agoHow do people learn about equality of opportunity? 🤔 Through their own experiences, their family & friends and the media! 👯♂️ Individuals who experienced upward mobility and those who frequently watch reality TV perceive more equality. 📺 With @a-gugushvili.bsky.social as wonderful lead author!
Many thanks to Evelyn and Patrick @ppraeg.bsky.social for the great work, it was quite a ride🫶👋
Patrick Präg@ppraeg.bsky.social · 8mo agoAn era has come to an end
🔍 ...a new analysis by @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas shows that the experience of class decline is a more powerful predictor among a key segment of far-right voters
Great research and great fun in our international team awaits you! If you have any informal questions about the team, feel free shoot me a message.
Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health@pophel.bsky.social · last yr.🚨Job alert!🚨 Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata
In light of International Overdose Awareness Day #IOAD2025, read about the effects of college education on indicators of deaths of despair including hard drug use: bit.ly/3HEMC3j By Grzegorz Bulczak @a-gugushvili.bsky.social Jonathan Koltai @asamedsoc.bsky.social @overdoseday.bsky.social
🆕 Out in Social Science & Medicine with @gruelig.bsky.social: Do anti-discrimination laws improve the lives of people with disabilities in the Nordics? 🇩🇰-🇫🇮-🇳🇴-🇸🇪 👉 Our study finds little evidence of impact on well-being, trust, jobs, or income. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of anti-discrimination legislation on individuals with disabilities in Nordic countries
Nordic countries are renowned for progressive welfare systems and a high quality of life, yet disparities persist between individuals with and without…
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🇺🇸-🇺🇦-🇪🇺 As Trump meets Zelensky + European leaders today to discuss ending Russia’s war, it’s important to know: European citizens themselves see the war’s end very differently. My new study in @jei-publication.bsky.social explores these divides 👉 shorturl.at/Mw8KE
When the guns fall silent: the variety of European perspectives on the end of war in Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked intense geopolitical debates and public reflection across Europe regarding the likely trajectory and resolution of the conflict. Public expectations about t...
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🧵1/ What do Europeans think: does Putin resemble Stalin? In my new article, I look at how people in 5 countries compare the two leaders, and what shapes these views: history, politics, the media, and the war in Ukraine. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2374...
How Europeans compare Putin and Stalin in the context of Russia's war in Ukraine
This study examines public perceptions of similarities between Vladimir Putin and Joseph Stalin across five European countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The analysi...
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Is downward class mobility linked to far-right party voting and how? @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @a-gugushvili.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas argue it significantly affects far-right voting but only under specific conditions. Read OPEN ACCESS in @polbehavior.bsky.social: buff.ly/Cljvggt 🧵 1/2
With @gruelig.bsky.social
Alexi Gugushvili@a-gugushvili.bsky.social · last yr.1⃣ Published in Socius: we analyze Norwegian registry data to examine how early-life chronic conditions and disabilities (asthma, diabetes, sensory loss, physical impairments) influence earnings in adulthood. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
1⃣ Published in Socius: we analyze Norwegian registry data to examine how early-life chronic conditions and disabilities (asthma, diabetes, sensory loss, physical impairments) influence earnings in adulthood. Read more: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
A Register-Based Study of Early-Life Disabilities and Income Attainment in Adulthood - Alexi Gugushvili, Jon Erik Finnvold, Therese Dokken, Jan Grue, 2025
Individuals with disabilities are likely to be doubly disadvantaged, as they tend to earn less but require more financial resources than individuals without dis...
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THIS THURSDAY, 12:00 Paris time at the CREST Sociology seminar: @a-gugushvili.bsky.social! Come out to Palaiseau or join us on-line: zoom.us/j/9482848830...
As part of its ongoing war, Moscow has set up another political party in Norway, aiming to divide and conquer the minds of gullible Europeans. The Party for Peace and Justice (FOR), which is supposedly left-wing, is calling for an end to military aid for Ukraine and is financed by dubious donations.
New party's ads stirred up a storm - Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no
UPDATED: Norwegians riding public transportation to 17th of May celebrations in the Oslo area over the weekend got a bit of a shock on the way: Metro cars were plastered with advertising calling for a...
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How and why actual class decline leads to far-right party support: our new blog post for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social with @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas, based on our Political Behavior article blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Does class decline lead to increased support for far-right parties? New research from @a-gugushvili.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas @polbehavior.bsky.social
How and why actual class decline leads to far-right party support
Does class decline increase an individual's support for the far right? New research suggests that it can, but only under specific conditions.
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🧵1️⃣ In a new Norwegian twin study with @oyvindw.bsky.social we ask: does being partnered really cut your risk of death? 💍📉 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does partnership predict mortality? Evidence from a twin fixed effects study design
This study examines the association between partnership status and mortality, addressing methodological concerns such as selection effects and unobser…
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NEW ARTICLE: CREST Sociology's @scoavoux.bsky.social, @eollion.bsky.social, and @ppraeg.bsky.social's Machine Bias in Sociological Methods & Research, on why we can't use LLMs to generate meaningful survey data Link: doi.org/10.1177/0049... Preprint at @socarxiv.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Great work with @dafnoukos.bsky.social and (Blueskyless) Tim Vlandas, will write a thread about this shortly
Daphne Halikiopoulou@dafnoukos.bsky.social · 2y agoGlad to see this one on EarlyView. Our new paper with @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas just out in Political Behavior examines whether and how actual downward class mobility is linked with far-right party support. In sum, falling class matters! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Great postdoc opportunity! Join the Segregation of Opportunities (SEGOP) project led by Nicolai Borgen, with methods for causal inference using registry, survey, and genotyped data 📊 Located at CREATE (@uio.no), an exciting environment with many working on similar topics! tinyurl.com/segop-postdoc
Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow - SEGOP (277092), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
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📢 Out now! Democracy Report 2025: 25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped? Read the Report: v-dem.net/publications... Download the V-Dem Dataset v15: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... #DR25 #DemocracyReport2025 #VDemDatasetV15 #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #PoliticalScience
