Is meritocracy in France shifting from a state-sponsored model to a market-driven one? Agnès van Zanten examines changing conceptions of merit. Definitions of merit change, but class inequalities persist. #HigherEducation #Inequalities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From State-Sponsored to Market-Driven Meritocracy? Changes in the French Education System and Higher Education Admissions - Agnès van Zanten, 2025

This article presents an analysis of changes to the concept of meritocracy in France, highlighting the interrelation of social configurations and how they influ...

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Counting centenarians: A data quality challenge! How many people in Mexico live to 100? A new study estimates just half as many centenarians as reported in the 2010 census—highlighting the importance of data quality in longevity research. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... Open-access!

Does arts education boost academic achievement and reduce social inequalities? Philippe Coulangeon and Julie Pereira examine an intensive school-based violin programme. Early gains fade over time, raising questions about what we expect from arts education. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From Bow to Brain: Reducing Educational Inequalities through Music Education? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment on a Violin Program for Young, Disadvantaged Children - Julie Pereira, Philippe Coulangeo...

This study evaluates the effects of intensive music education on disadvantaged children in the northern suburbs of Paris, using a quasi-experimental design with...

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Call for papers: New perspectives on Work from Home. Innovative research on theory, methods, data & policy implications welcome [20–21 May 2027, Sciences Po Paris]. Deadline: 30 November 2026. No registration fees. www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news... Co-organized by @elenastancanelli.bsky.social

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📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS/Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 3 December: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate drive.google.com/file/d/1DT8i... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher drive.google.com/file/d/1AiRo...

ACES is pleased to host Klarita Gërxhani (VU Amsterdam) for her keynote on 'More than content: Dimensionality of intersectionality and gender-differential treatment'. aces2026.sciencesconf.org #ACES2026 #Sociology

Kiking off #ACES2026 at @scpo-research.bsky.social - Three days of cutting-edge research in experimental sociology organized by Sciences Po (CRIS, Médialab, CEVIPOF) and the Akademie für Soziologie. We welcome you for inspiring discussions! aces2026.sciencesconf.org #SocialSciences

@ank-scpo.bsky.social reveals using fine-scale local data that over 40% of Indians now live in areas where air pollution and heatwaves overlap (a growing phenomenon), exposing millions to compounded environmental risks. sciencespo.hal.science/hal-05707607v1 #India #Pollution #Inequalities

Very excited that my long-time PhD desk-mate, Julie Pereira, published her article showing that intensive violin classes have a long-run negative impact on learning outcomes. A must-read for those engaged in early-years education research. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0038...

How do Paris police handle complaints about young people occupying public space in their own neighbourhoods? Drawing on police intervention records and ethnographic data, the study shows how order maintenance policing shapes who gets to stay — and who gets moved on. academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

‘Pests not gangsters’: Policing ‘undesirables’ through racial dispersal in Paris

Abstract. A 2018 trial revealed that Parisian police officers routinely targeted racialized young men with what they call ‘evictions of undesirables.’ Draw

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We offer a research internship on labor market inequalities. The project uses a large dataset of job advertisements to measure skills + analyze how they are valued across occupations. Open to Master’s students, with knowledge of Python - 4 months at part-time. www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/C...

📢 Avenue centrale : conférence de Mélusine Boon-Falleur, @boonfalleur.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social 👉 Comment lever les freins à l'engagement écologique ? 📆 Mardi 19/05, 12h15 👥 Tout public 📍 A la MSH-Alpes 📺 Live youtube.com/live/tYaNMAu... www.msh-alpes.fr/actualites/c...

By directly measuring skills, the new article by @labussieremarie.bsky.social and @thijsbol.bsky.social sheds light on a source of wage inequality and labor market structure that broad socio-professional categories largely overlook. @scpo-research.bsky.social sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling

Article: Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling | Sociological Science | Posted April 13, 2026

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En mesurant directement les compétences, l’article de @labussieremarie.bsky.social met en lumière une source d’inégalités de salaires et une structure du marché du travail que les grandes catégories socioprofessionnelles laissent largement dans l’ombre sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling

Article: Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling | Sociological Science | Posted April 13, 2026

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🥁New paper! People talk a lot about skills in relation to technological change, but how do we measure skills? We show occupational classifications miss their complexity. Using millions of job ads, we model skill profiles and better explain wage inequality ⬇️ sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling

Article: Are Occupations “Bundles of Skills”? Identifying Latent Skill Profiles in the Labor Market Using Topic Modeling | Sociological Science | Posted April 13, 2026

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Cet article de Magda Boutros analyse comment une politique d’« éviction des indésirables » contribue à organiser l’espace urbain d’un quartier, à Paris. Il met au jour un travail policier de « tranquillité publique » co‑construit avec la municipalité et la justice. shs.cairn.info/revue-devian...

Paper by S. Citraro, G. Mauro, E. Ferragina on temporal dynamics of emotions in Italian online soccer fandoms using Instagram data. Shows how computational social science can help us understand polarization, emotional contagion, attachments in online communities. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Temporal dynamics of emotions in Italian online soccer fandoms - EPJ Data Science

This study investigates the emotional dynamics of Italian soccer fandoms through computational analysis of user-generated content from official Instagram accounts of 83 teams across Serie A, Serie B, ...

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New publication! 🔥 Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Une nouvelle étude basée sur la cohorte Elfe suggère que l'école maternelle a un effet causal positif sur le développement cognitif des enfants, et ce particulièrement pour ceux issus de milieux défavorisés: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New @wid.world working paper with @oliviergodechot.bsky.social

Cette étude montre l'intérêt de l'école maternelle particulièrement pour les enfants défavorisés. On le savait déjà. Mais il n'est pas inutile de le vérifier.

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New paper by @lidiapanico.bsky.social on whether French preschool reduces inequalities among children. High quality, universal early education is positive for all children's cognitive development, and can decrease inequalities. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper by @lidiapanico.bsky.social on whether French preschool reduces inequalities among children. High quality, universal early education is positive for all children's cognitive development, and can decrease inequalities. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Can early universal preschool reduce socioeconomic inequalities in child development? The role of duration and intensity of preschool attendance in the French birth cohort, Elfe

High quality early childhood education and care programs can foster the development of cognitive and noncognitive skills. We estimate the effects of t…

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walking on clouds through marais and back. thanks for a magic (and important) research visit (grant deadline) @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social et al!

Ce projet de recherche, je le mène personnellement au @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social ainsi qu’à @ined.bsky.social en réalisant une thèse de sociologie qui s’intéresse aux socialisations et aux trajectoires dans l’expérience du Covid long. Mon projet est détaillé ici : matteolanoe.github.io/about.html

Research – Mattéo Lanoë | Doctoral Candidate in Sociology

Mattéo Lanoë | Doctoral Candidate in Sociology

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What happens when politicians pivot during a crisis? I examine Trump’s July 2020 mask pivot. It increased Republican mask use, closing 40% of the partisan gap. But paradoxically, beliefs about masks' efficacy didn’t change. doi.org/10.1177/0003... @asanews.bsky.social #Trump #PublicHealth

When Political Pivots Shift Behaviors but Not Beliefs: Evidence from Trump’s Position Reversal over Facemasks during the COVID-19 Crisis - Bartholomew A. Konechni, 2026

Political leaders play a potentially important role shaping behaviors and beliefs during crises. In the pandemic, a number of high-status politicians, notably l...

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Take the opportunity to do your PhD or Postdoc in social sciences as part of the LEARN project, led by @betthaeuser.bsky.social at Sciences Po Paris. Understanding the Consequences of Major Health Crises for Education: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Apply -> www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news...

PhD and Postdoc positions for LEARN Project (ERC)

1 Doctoral and 1 Postdoctoral positions - Deadline April 12th

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Our paper with Ginevra Floridi out in Sociological Science now! We use sequence analysis, LCA & survival models to map how parental financial and co-residential support unfolds across young adulthood. We find 3 distinct pathways & a gendered relationship between marriage and independence. 🏡🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒💸

Pathways to Independence: The Dynamics of Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood

Article: Pathways to Independence: The Dynamics of Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood | Sociological Science | Posted November 25, 2025

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Arnout van de Rijt@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"Using data from the PSID’s Transition to Adulthood Study (2005–2021), we identify trajectories of financial and co-residential support between ages 18 and 28 and relate them to economic and partnership trajectories and events." This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social

See full interview in Nature Cities: www.nature.com/articles/s44... #Bogotá #UrbanChange #Storytell

Studying inequality in the city with María José Álvarez-Rivadulla - Nature Cities

In this interview, sociologist María José Álvarez-Rivadulla talks about her experience with urban research in Latin America and the USA. She also reflects on the Global South’s contributions to urban ...

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"Bogotá (and Colombia in general) has been a laboratory of experimental policies, disruptions, and attempts at changing that could be useful examples for other places," says a sociologist and Change Stories collaborator, María José Álvarez-Rivadulla.

✨ I’ve just started as an Assistant Professor at Sciences Po! After 9 years living abroad, I’m returning to my home country. I’ll miss many things—especially my fantastic colleagues at @uva.nl and @maastrichtu.bsky.social —but I’m excited to begin this new position at @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social!