Had a great time presenting at #ESPAnet in Lisbon, one project on the economic consequences widowhood with @williamfert.bsky.social and one on pension and wealth accumulation with @katjamoe.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social. Both made possible by @fna.bsky.social.

Sociology in the tradition of Karl Mannheim says that what you live through in your impressionable years tends to leave a lasting imprint. But which events do people themselves count as formative for their lives? Our data visualization in Socius answers this. 1/6 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔭 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗡𝗔-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Es ist schon wieder einige Wochen her, aber noch immer blicken wir zufrieden zurück auf unser Graduiertenkolloquium, welches am 16. und 17. Juli in Berlin stattfand. Inzwischen stehen die Präsentationen der Referent:innen zur Verfügung: 👉 rebrand.ly/33orqmy

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📢 Job opening at the LISER & @lisdata.bsky.social 🔹Research Assoc. in #Economics, #Sociology or #PoliticalSciences The (LIS)²ER project is a joint initiative fostering collaborative research projects, under supervision of senior researchers from both institutions. 🔗 jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...

Europe’s rivers are running dry. The Rhine just hit a record-low water level in Cologne, while the Danube has fallen far enough to disrupt nuclear power generation. Drought isn’t just an environmental problem. It quickly becomes an economic one. Source: guidocioni.substack.com/p/european-r...

Interesting paper by @matstud.bsky.social, Sadeghi, and Tochon on how to conduct sequence analysis with large datasets bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

#ISAWC27 RC06 Family Research Committee has a great lineup of sessions, covering a wide range of topics on families and intimate relationships, such as care, gender dynamics, reproduction, ageing, migration, and social change. Welcome for submissions (deadline: 14 October 2026).

Family Research, ISA@sociofamilyisa.bsky.social · last mo.

📝 All abstracts (maximum 300 words) must be submitted via the Conference System: isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20...

Wie ist das mit der Rente nach 45 Jahren - ist das wirklich so ein besonderes Thema für Ostdeutschland? Das geben die Zahlen nicht wirklich her. Ist auch im Westen eine wichtige Rentenform, die höchsten Renten erreichen westdeutsche Männer.

The Need and Capacity for Resilience in European Labour Markets: An Inequalities in Resilience Framework New paper with @thaning.bsky.social @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and Lovisa Backman, just published in Social Policy & Administration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Need and Capacity for Resilience in European Labour Markets: An Inequalities in Resilience Framework

Resilience has become a prominent concept in EU social and economic policy, positioned as a response to megatrends such as technological change, labour market deregulation and demographic shifts. Thi...

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After the summer holidays it's time to start thinking ahead... e.g., about submitting your abstract to our working group on "Work and working life in times of rupture" at the Finnish social policy conference (Turku, Oct. 29-30)! Deadline for submissions is Sept. 6. sites.utu.fi/sosiaalipoli...

Having run similar analyses a while back, I raised an eyebrow when I looked at Fig. 3 of this paper. Examining the code shows that the labels may have been swapped: "Concerned winners" are no more likely to support the AfD than "unconcerned losers" (contrary to what is reported in the paper).

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Using German SOEP 2014-2024…concern about immigration accounts for 75% of variation in AfD support and 90% of variation in voting behaviour. “Therefore, variables that measure deprivation explain comparatively little.” @martinschroeder.bsky.social ! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Neu im SozBlog: #Soziologie und #Öffentlichkeit: Anmerkungen zum Beitrag „Ist die #Soziologie zu links?“ von Armin Nassehi und Irmhild Saake[1] Eine in Theory and Society publizierte Studie[2] findet in gut einem Viertel sozialwissenschaftlicher, darunter soziologischer Abstracts von…

As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water

🎓 𝗙𝗡𝗔-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Am 16. und 17. Juli findet das FNA-Graduiertenkollquium statt. Wir nutzen die Tage vor der Veranstaltung, um einige unserer Referrent:innen vorzustellen: Heute: Clara Overweg von der HU Berlin.

Job alert! @cassandraengeman.bsky.social is hiring a researcher in her MakingTime ERC project, focused on the role of trade unions and organised labour in advocating and shaping care leave policies. A great opportunity to work @sofi.su.se in a collaborative team. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Researcher in Social Sciences

The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. SOFI is an internationally-leading institute in the fields of social policy, welfare

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With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom go.nature.com/4an43R5

Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany

With the far-right Alternative for Germany leading in polls for national and state elections, institutions are facing up to proposed restrictions on academic freedom.

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Quantifying postponement in the age at first attempt to conceive: "the average age at first conception attempt, as inferred by the models, increases by two years [between 1960-80, Netherlands]. Unexpectedly, the average duration to childbirth remains stable despite later conception attempts"

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2026

The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research is an open access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in popul...

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📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...

Die Novelle des #WissZeitVG ist ambitionslos und - mal wieder - wissenschafts- sowie karriereschädlich. "Zugleich entfällt allerdings die bisherige Möglichkeit, nicht ausgeschöpfte Befristungszeiten aus der Promotionsphase in die Postdoc-Phase mitzunehmen." www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...

WissZeitVG: BMFTR legt Referentenentwurf vor

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📢 Job: Research Associate (75%, E13) Join my team at @goetheuni.bsky.social! Looking for a researcher in sociology/network analysis for an @erc.europa.eu project on the interplay of children's & parents' networks. Until end of 2028. Info & apply: 🔗 www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...

Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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Iceland’s pension system is unique in Europe. The entire public social security pension can be phased out through means testing, leaving high-income individuals reliant only on occupational and private pensions.

Bad news for capricorns: they earn less than other zodiac signs Good news for capricorns: it's not due to their zodiac sign

📅 𝗙𝗗𝗭-𝗥𝗩 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝗝𝗘𝗧𝗭𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡! Wir freuen uns über die große Anzahl an spannenden Vorträgen, die wir bei der diesjährigen FDZ-RV Jahrestagung am 𝟭𝟴. 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Berlin präsentieren können. Programm & Anmeldung: 👉 drvbund-fdz.yve-tool.de/public_regis...

New paper out in Annual Review of Sociology with @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social #W.Foley and @l-sage.bsky.social "Luck and Predictability in the Life Course" We take stock of what we know about luck and its role in shaping life-courses and inequality www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Luck and Predictability in the Life Course

There is an emerging recognition among sociological theorists that luck may play a substantial role in life course achievement. There is also a nascent empirical literature that finds life outcomes to...

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It takes a village to produce research with impact. This is the idea that motivated us to write this paper, published today.  Kudos to the team: @lluisdanus.bsky.social @william-dinneen.bsky.social @carotorreblanca.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"Using SHARE data, covering 27 countries in Europe, we show that (a) support provided to individuals outside the household is associated with increased grandparental child care, whereas (b) family care provided within the household is not" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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🚨 Job Alert We are loooking for a 3year Postdoc @excinequality.bsky.social Work with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, Sebastian Koos, and me Focus: computational social science, analysis of political texts, future-oriented policies and parties 📅Apply by June 5th stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/c...