1/6 What happens when you tell an AI browser: “Fill out this survey”? It fills out the survey. In our new study, led by @rtopinkova.bsky.social, we tested three consumer-facing agentic browsers without lengthy prompts, custom code, or technical fine-tuning.

Alisia Bauer and I ran a cross-national survey experiment to test whether name-based status and gender cues actually work as intended, and what else rides along with them—especially age and ethnicity. Results are now out in @actasociologica.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Do waitresses receive the same occupational prestige as waiters? Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations. Out now in Social Forces. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

With conscription again under debate, @ivancanzio.bsky.social and I examined how conscription was institutionalized across 18 European countries and assessed how its suspension was associated with men’s early-career occupational placement.

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Does Mandatory Military Service Shape Men's Occupational Choices? Evidence from the Suspension of Conscription Across Europe: https://osf.io/2eaby

Our SPS department @eui-sps.bsky.social invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. A unique opportunity to discover onlnine our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI. 📅 04-12-2025 | Online 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

New publication in @actasociologica.bsky.social! @filippogch.bsky.social and I use a novel decomposition method (@ang-yu.bsky.social and Elwert) to study if and how *childcare arrangements* under age 3 shape disparities in children’s cognitive skills ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/5

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Interesting paper by Fabian Kratz on education effects across cohort and age on anti-immigrant sentiments sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Rising Educational Divides in Attitudes: How Polarization across Cohorts Can Mask Age-Related Polarization

Article: Rising Educational Divides in Attitudes: How Polarization across Cohorts Can Mask Age-Related Polarization | Sociological Science | Posted August 19, 2025

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Here is a reminder that you still have one month (deadline August 25) to apply to the 6th TN-Square edition! 🏔️ Here is where to candidate: webapps.unitn.it/form/it/Web/... Don’t miss it! #TNSquare25

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The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️ This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we couldn’t be more excited. ✨ Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news! For more spoilers, check our website: event.unitn.it/tn-square/ #TNSquare25

One month ago, Italians voted in a referendum on easing naturalisation rules for non-EU residents. The quorum wasn’t met, and many voters opposed the change anyway. In this article, we analyse the economic impact of Italy’s slow, complex, and uncertain naturalisation process: NONE.

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Does citizenship-acquisition improve labour market outcomes of immigrant? In the Italian context naturalised immigrants have higher socio-economic attainment and earnings. Yet, this is largely due to positive selection rather than the acquisition of citizenship itself: dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig...

My first PhD article has been published! 🔎 It examines how the relationship between flexible working time arrangements and self-reported work-to-life and life-to-work conflict is moderated by an (un)equal domestic labor distribution within heterosexual couples.

Journal of Family Research@familyresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

#Published: "Flexible working time arrangements and work-life conflict: The role of gender and housework" by @olgaleshchenko.bsky.social & Susanne Strauß (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography

Happy to share that my last PhD article found a home at RSSM. Together with Julia Lang we examine how employees expect their co-workers to react (exit or voice) to perceived wage injustice—and how these expectations vary by gender and workplace context. doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

Comparing Finland, Germany, and the UK, Ariane Bertogg, Giulia Maria Dotti Sani, Anna Zamberlan and Marija Bashevska show that during COVID-19 an increase in share of housework are associated with higher levels of distress among men but a decrease among women. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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‼️JOB ALERT‼️ Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work 100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc. Apply by 31 May DM me for questions👨‍💻👩‍🏫🦸 tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy

"The markers of status: A survey experiment on characteristics that count in status attribution" Alisia Bauer (LMU Munich) presenting at #RC28 - stop by during the coffee breaks to know more!

It's almost time for RC28! 🎉 If you wish to catch up with our members and get a glimpse of what they're currently working on, here is where to find us. See you tomorrow in Milan! ✨ #CSIS #RC28 #Milan2025

☀️ RC28 starting in Milan tomorrow and we are very happy to see many CLICers & friends on the program 🔥 Join us in these great sessions👇

Morning person in #RC28? Come tomorrow to the 9am "Attitudes Toward Gender Roles I" session ☕ I try to evaluate if the end of military service in the UK during the 1960s has produced a shift in men's beliefs and behaviours about the division of paid and unpaid work.

📢 Do employees perceive gender pay gaps to be (un)fair? Susanne Strauß, Julia Lang and I contribute to the discussion around this question and explore how the organizational context shapes these perceptions. Out in @europeansocreview.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Who perceives lower wages for women to be fair? How perceptions of the fairness of men’s and women’s wages vary by firm and workplace characteristics

Abstract. Previous research has shown that gender pay gaps are perceived as fair or justified, not only by men but also by women. In this paper we contribu

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Very interesting interdisciplinary workshop on gender dynamics in work and family arrangements, and their persistence over the life course, organized by Max Weber postdoctoral Fellows at the @eui-eu.bsky.social

Heute ist #EqualPayDay in Deutschland! ⚖️💰 Im Interview mit LMU-Soziologin @zamberlanna.bsky.social sprechen wir über die Situation von Frauen und Männern auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Wie hoch ist aktuell die #GenderPayGap in Deutschland? www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...

Gender-Pay-Gap: „So hartnäckig wie andere Ungleichheiten“

Interview mit Soziologin Anna Zamberlan über die Situation von Frauen und Männern auf dem Arbeitsmarkt.

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My first paper is out! ✨ This work has been with me throughout my master and marked many “first” in my academic journey. A special thanks to my co-authors @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri. It has been a great work team! Enjoy the reading! 📑 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KXBXY...

The gendered role of occupational characteristics in lifelong singlehood across Italian birth cohorts

While concerns have been raised about declining marriage and fertility rates and increasing union dissolution, less attention has been paid to individuals remaining single. We ask whether individua...

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I have received a request to review from the Israel Science Foundation today. I have declined it. My email reply below. My position is similar to @philipncohen.com : I do not collaborate with institutions linked to the Israeli government. But I do collaborate with individual researchers.

🕺New paper in @sfjournal.bsky.social💃 Family background shapes volatility too 💸 @kbkarlson.bsky.social & I find strong brother correlations in volatility—especially in US&DE, even beyond earnings levels! Thanks for the great collaboration! Open access 👉 academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Family background and life cycle earnings volatility: evidence from brother correlations in Denmark, Germany, and the United States

Abstract. While stratification scholars have extensively examined intergenerational associations in lifetime income, they have mostly disregarded how famil

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Horizontal #segregation fuels economic #inequalities. Yet, the perceived fairness of these disparities remains underexplored. @dianagalos.bsky.social, Susanne Strauß, Thomas Hinz, and I investigated how people perceive #fairness in the economic returns of #fields of study. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Fairness Evaluations of Higher Education Graduates’ Earnings: The Role of Female Preference for Equality and Self‐Interest

Educational and occupational horizontal segregation contribute significantly to economic inequalities, especially in contexts with a strong correspondence between fields of study and occupational out...

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Sociologists working on inequality: Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required) EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v

Made this one a couple of days back, sure there are many more Sociologists working with experiments on here by now!

I am honoured to receive an award named after a young researcher whose work on gender inequality resonates deeply with me. A special thanks goes to my supervisor, prof. Barbieri, @zamberlanna.bsky.social and my research group @csisunitn.bsky.social for having supported me along this journey!

Our article on #discrimination in #hiring intentions based on the #intersection of #gender, #parenthood, and social #status is now out! w/ @filippogch.bsky.social and P. Barbieri doi.org/10.1093/esr/... 1/3 🧵👇

I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky