Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Assistant Professor in Social Inequality

Are you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor!

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📢 PhD vacancy Are you interested in understanding how families, schools, and neighborhoods *jointly* shape educational outcomes? Eva Jaspers, @glorenz.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD candidate to work on this topic at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. 🔗 More info: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

PhD: Contextual (dis)advantage and educational inequality

Do you want to understand how families, schools and neighbourhoods jointly produce school outcomes and educational inequality?

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Just prepared my talk at the #ecsr2026 conference in Dublin. With @kimstienstra.bsky.social and @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social we present a new method to assess school effectiveness, using register data on primary school tests in the Netherlands. We compare our method with standard value added models.

Het is open dagen seizoen! Voor @nosjeugdjournaal.bsky.social mocht ik uitleggen hoe scholen van elkaar verschillen, waarom scholen tijdens open dagen proberen op te vallen en hoe je een school kiest die bij je past. 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/0sDE... 📽️ jeugdjournaal.nl/artikel/2606...

Hoe kies je de middelbare school die bij jou past?

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I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers. Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6): ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/

📢WORK! At the Sociology department of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social we are hiring a postdoc who will work on applications of AI in sociological research. Join our vibrant-yet-cohesive research community doing cutting-edge research. Please share or apply! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Postdoctoral researcher on applications of AI in sociological research

Are you able to lead sociological research into the AI age?

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Almost at the end of a very intense 3-day CBS Replication Games! Co-organised by @odissei.bsky.social and @i4replication.bsky.social, 19 researchers (6 teams) came together to replicate 6 papers using Dutch admin data from top economics journal @fialalenka.bsky.social @jackfitzgerald.bsky.social

Very happy to share I've joined @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Sociology! My first week at the (home) office came with pretty winter landscapes, and I'm really excited to meet new colleagues and work together in research and teaching. ❄️

see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥@hermwerf.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

📢 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 at the @odissei.bsky.social 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, Utrecht @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social presented joint work (with @hermwerf.bsky.social & @carlahaelermans.bsky.social) on the Dutch case for 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 Thank you to the organisers for a great event! 📄LEARN Working paper coming soon! #LEARNIneq

Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social discusses how the primary school outcomes of Dutch pupils are shaped by neighbourhood and school contexts🧑‍🏫

@hermwerf.bsky.social presenting about a sorting and learning model of educational inequality. Although starting at 9am, packed room What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes) #ECSR2025

Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥@hermwerf.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Preparing for the #ecsr2025 conference later this week. @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social and I present about A Sorting and Learning Model of Educational Inequality. The empirical case we study is the causal effect of the classical gymnasium on student achievement....

Preparing for the #ecsr2025 conference later this week. @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social and I present about A Sorting and Learning Model of Educational Inequality. The empirical case we study is the causal effect of the classical gymnasium on student achievement....

🎉 The last chapter of my dissertation is out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social! Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Dieuwke Zwier finds that schools with progressive learning concepts are less popular among lower-SES students, while higher-SES students are comparatively less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧵1/8 In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation. Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have? 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027

🔔New paper (early OA) in @europeansocieties.bsky.social! Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...

One track mind: Secondary effects in school choice and social capital in a stratified system

Abstract. At similar performance levels, socio-economically advantaged students typically choose more demanding and prestigious educational paths than their less advantaged peers. Such secondary effec...

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Our latest policy brief is here! 🎉 Unseen Currents: How Peer Networks Shape School Choice and Inequality in Dutch Education, compiled by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social & Doris Hanappi for the @horizoneu.bsky.social LEARN Project. 📑 Read the full brief here: zenodo.org/records/14500599

A perfectly organized RC28, brilliant presentations, and sunny Milan vibes ☀️ As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!) #RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social

@clic.bsky.social proudly congratulates the winner of the @isa-rc28.bsky.social conference bingo of this year's meeting in Milan 🥳 Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social

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

Eppo Bruins wil in de voorhoede blijven van landen waar wetenschappers voor kiezen. Daarom (checks notes): - heftige bezuinigingen - de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL) - morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen

It's great to see such a high turnout at the strike of the University of Amsterdam against the budget cuts in Dutch higher education! 🟥 @woinactie.bsky.social #DoeHetNiet

Saskia Bonjour@saskiabonjour.bsky.social · last yr.

4,5 duizend docenten van de hogeschool en universiteit van Amsterdam op de Dam - protesteren tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs

💡 Knowing the education system boosts student performance, especially for less privileged kids, reducing inequality 📈 New research by @sarageven.bsky.social & @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social shows cultural capital matters—more knowledge, better results. ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based Assessments

Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio...

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🚨 New paper out with @sarageven.bsky.social (lead author) in @bjsociology.bsky.social! Read Sara's 🧵 or the Dutch summary by @fmg-uva.bsky.social linked below to learn more about the findings. 🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...

Sara Geven@sarageven.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social in @bjse.bsky.social on students’ interactional cultural capital and school performance @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper out with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social in @bjse.bsky.social on students’ interactional cultural capital and school performance @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based Assessments

Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave? My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.

Curious about student sorting in Dutch schools? Join us for the seminar "Be True to Your School: School Profiling and School Sorting by Socio-Economic Status" by @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social (EUI & ROA Maastricht University). 📚🎓 📅 March 4, 14:30 - 16:00 💻 Online option available!

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