The whole (still evolving!) collection of papers can be found at www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu..., with among others blueskyers @bashofstra.bsky.social, @rensec.bsky.social, @afdezanta.eurosky.social, @aespinosarada.bsky.social, @franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social, ...

On the uses of computational text analysis methods in sociology. Excited to share 🙌 Huge thanks to my co-authors for such a rewarding collaboration doi.org/10.1007/s115...

Heinz Leitgöb@heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A highly-recommendable state-of-the-art discussion of computational text analysis for theory building and testing by @mhbodell.bsky.social , @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social , @anamacanovic.bsky.social , and @anmen.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thrilled that we were awarded a LISS panel grant, with @rensec.bsky.social & Beate Völker! With the grant we realize survey time in the LISS panel to measure change in extended networks that include both strong and weak ties. We apply a new instrument: the network scale-up method in the panel

ODISSEI@odissei.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Due to the high number of extraordinary proposals for the 2025 LISS panel Grant, ODISSEI and Centerdata have decided to award additional projects 🌟 The grantees will explore themes surrounding domestic gender imbalances, political polarization, and more. Read more here: edu.nl/nv8x4

Due to the high number of extraordinary proposals for the 2025 LISS panel Grant, ODISSEI and Centerdata have decided to award additional projects 🌟 The grantees will explore themes surrounding domestic gender imbalances, political polarization, and more. Read more here: edu.nl/nv8x4

Microdata Access Grant 2026-1 applications are now open. Researchers at ODISSEI member organisations are eligible to apply. Application deadline: March 26, 15:00 CET ⏱ Have questions before you apply? Join our Q&A with @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social 📆 March 3, 14:00–15:00 CET → edu.nl/wdfc8

Today at 12:00, join us for an Online Introduction to High-Resolution Geospatial LISS Data in SANE 🧑‍💻 🔗 zoom.us/j/93104040907

A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey. (That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)

Religious markers reduce perceived trustworthiness in a Muslim-majority country | PNAS

First impressions often hinge on visible cues, leading people to infer the trustworthiness of strangers from their appearance and dress. While reli...

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Sociology at Oxford@sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📝 Research from Turkey finds that visible religious markers like headscarves & beards can reduce perceived trustworthiness among strangers 🤝 This held even among highly religious respondents - challenging the idea that these markers signal trust. 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/reli...

Check out our new, open access paper in RSSM. Anne Maaike Mulders expertly led our author team (with Christoph Janietz Jochem Tolsma myself) to find an important piece of the gender inequity puzzle in academia. 🔬Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📰Press release: www.ru.nl/onderzoek/on...

📣 Our introduction to structural causal models in science studies is now published: doi.org/10.1162/QSS.... @tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)

Soc. Networks: The impact of dyads and extended networks on political talk: A factorial survey experiment in the Netherlands https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873325000802

Whether or not to be afraid of awkward discussions about politics during family diners over the holiday? 🎄 Find out in our paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Excited to share our open access study just published in Social Networks by myself, Thijmen Jeroense, and Jochem Tolsma!

The impact of dyads and extended networks on political talk: A factorial survey experiment in the Netherlands

Open political dialogue is regarded as foundational to democratic health and our social fabric. Here, we study political dialogue by examining with wh…

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This is an important paper for institutes that want to engage more with non-academic audiences. @eui-eu.bsky.social

European Sociological Review@europeansocreview.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 New #OpenAccess! Why do some professors appear in the media far more than others? #RH_Heiberger @BasHofstra #S_Unger find both patterns of cumulative advantage & gender inequality, with men more likely to become “short-listed”! ➡️ Read it ungated at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037 image.png

📢 New #OpenAccess! Why do some professors appear in the media far more than others? #RH_Heiberger @BasHofstra #S_Unger find both patterns of cumulative advantage & gender inequality, with men more likely to become “short-listed”! ➡️ Read it ungated at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037 image.png

Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender

Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient

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Thrilled to share our latest open access paper published in European Sociological Review by @mshu.bsky.social, Raphael Heiberger, and myself! You can find it here: academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender

Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient

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M. Saïd H. Unger@mshu.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What gets professors into the media? 📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

What gets professors into the media? 📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender

Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient

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NYU Abu Dhabi is recruiting a 3-year Postdoctoral Associate for a Computational Social Science project on the coevolution of ingroup bias and group boundaries. For more details and to apply, please visit: apply.interfolio.com/173544.

COVID has reduced the number of papers published by NL-based scholars, but it has not increased the gender gap. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Knowledge lost, parity gained? COVID-19 and gender gaps in Dutch academia - Scientometrics

We investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted long-standing gender inequalities in Dutch academia. Dutch academia is an ideal case to gain insight on exacerbated gender differentials due to COVID-19 on employees, because men and women face comparable institutional contexts and any COVID-19 impact becomes visible and measurable fast through potentially decreased yearly publications. We reconstructed the complete publishing careers up till 2022 of more than 8000 Dutch scientists who received a PhD from 1990 onwards and still had an active publication career before the pandemic started. We compared the publication dip between men and women during COVID-19. Our data allowed us to investigate whether the gendered impact of COVID-19 varied across research domains, different PhD cohorts and type of research output. We consistently find that COVID-19 did not have more severe consequences on research output for women than for men.

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I'm thrilled to share our latest study, published open access in Scientometrics. The paper is by Jochem Tolsma, myself, and Anne Maaike Mulders. Here's the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Here's the replication website: coviddutchacademia.netlify.app

Knowledge lost, parity gained? COVID-19 and gender gaps in Dutch academia - Scientometrics

We investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted long-standing gender inequalities in Dutch academia. Dutch academia is an ideal case to gain insight on exacerbated gender differentials due to COVID-19 on employees, because men and women face comparable institutional contexts and any COVID-19 impact becomes visible and measurable fast through potentially decreased yearly publications. We reconstructed the complete publishing careers up till 2022 of more than 8000 Dutch scientists who received a PhD from 1990 onwards and still had an active publication career before the pandemic started. We compared the publication dip between men and women during COVID-19. Our data allowed us to investigate whether the gendered impact of COVID-19 varied across research domains, different PhD cohorts and type of research output. We consistently find that COVID-19 did not have more severe consequences on research output for women than for men.

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Het geheim van een geslaagde introductieweek? Onbezonnen lachen en niet als eerste naar bed

Het geheim van een geslaagde introductieweek? Onbezonnen lachen en niet als eerste naar bed

De introductieweken voor nieuwe studenten zijn weer begonnen. Hoe maak je vrienden in deze spannende levensfase? ‘Voor iedere hobby bestaat wel een clubje.’

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Ik werd geinterviewd met een aantal vragen over hoe je duurzame en nuttige netwerken opbouwt als student in een interessant stuk van de trouw @trouw.nl in de introductieweken.

Trouw@trouw.nl · 12mo ago

Het geheim van een geslaagde introductieweek? Onbezonnen lachen en niet als eerste naar bed

I’m excited to share the launch of my new website: bashofstra.com! This site brings together all my work in a clear, accessible format. The new website is clean, minimal, responsive, and scalable and works seamlessly on desktop and mobile.

Recently presented at the CREST Sociology seminar, now published in @ssreditorial.bsky.social: @mtorre.bsky.social's "The uneven effects of gender parity" Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

📺 RTL EditieNL besteedde aandacht aan en interviewde mij over ons onderzoek naar de kennissenkring van Nederlanders. Samen met Beate Völker, Rense Corten, en Frank van Tubergen onderzochten we hoe groot deze netwerken zijn en hoe homogeen ze blijken te zijn. Vanaf 7:32: www.rtl.nl/nieuws/uitze...

Aflevering 200

Journalistiek programma met een eigen kijk op het dagelijks nieuws.

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Met in de @volkskrant.nl tekst en uitleg bij de studie: www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/e...

Een Nederlander kent zo’n 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’

De gemiddelde Nederlander kent 568 mensen, zo blijkt uit onderzoek. Die grote netwerken zijn net zo weinig divers als de kleine kring van vrienden en familie.

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Bas Hofstra@bashofstra.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share my latest publication in the journal Social Networks, together with Beate Völker (lead), @rensec.bsky.social, and Frank van Tubergen. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

De @volkskrant.nl schreef een stuk over ons onderzoek naar sociale contacten en haar scheidslijnen! Zie hieronder: Onderzoek met Beate Volker, @rensec.bsky.social, en Frank van Tubergen.

de Volkskrant@volkskrant.nl · last yr.

Een Nederlander kent zo’n 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’

Een Nederlander kent zo’n 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’

Een Nederlander kent zo’n 568 mensen: ‘Soort zoekt soort en opleiding is een bepalende factor’

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Nothing like having your Social Networks article (as seen at #Sunbelt2024) published while attending #Sunbelt2025!

Bas Hofstra@bashofstra.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share my latest publication in the journal Social Networks, together with Beate Völker (lead), @rensec.bsky.social, and Frank van Tubergen. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thrilled to share my latest publication in the journal Social Networks, together with Beate Völker (lead), @rensec.bsky.social, and Frank van Tubergen. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Who’s in your extended network? Analysing the size and homogeneity of acquaintanceship networks in the Netherlands

This study advances the understanding of the size and homogeneity of personal networks, focusing on extended networks that encompass both core discuss…

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After a pretty gruesome train ride, finally arrived in Paris for #sunbelt #sunbelt2025. Can’t wait to hear about all the amazing network studies. Shoot me a message if you want to meet or catch up!