On 15 June, they will discuss with Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social, founding director of the @isi-munich.bsky.social, and further members of the #CASResearchFocus “Bureaucracy”. @alexalenz.bsky.social @cknill.bsky.social www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...

Administration Burden: Politics, Bureaucracy and Inequality

Prof. Pamela Herd, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/University of Michigan), Prof. Donald Moynihan, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/University of Michigan) | Moderation: Prof. Dr. Fabian Pfeffer (LMU)

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Officially opening the doors of @isi-munich.bsky.social with Jim and Cathy Stone today.

Housing is becoming a luxury.
At @isi-munich.bsky.social writer @larafurora.bsky.social reads from No Sweet Home and discusses rising rents and displacement, together with inequality researcher @lenaradau.bsky.social 
Tickets: doo.net/veranstaltun... Please note: the event will be held in German.

Meet the Pipeline Team – Part 5! The ISI Pipeline Program by @isi-munich.bsky.social connects early-career scholars with established researchers for international mentoring and exchange. Last but not least: @davgritti.bsky.social and @sashakillewald.bsky.social .

Meet the Pipeline Team – Part 4! This week’s pair: @christophevl.bsky.social and @durlauf.bsky.social More pairs coming soon.

Wealth as Private Insurance. Unequal Protection against the Scarring Effects of Unemployment in the U.S. and Germany Job loss has detrimental and long-lasting effects on workers, including lower wages after reemployment. The size of these wage scars, however, depends on the safet #sociology link

Exchange between established and early-career researchers is rare. The ISI Pipeline Program by @isi-munich.bsky.social creates space for exactly that. This week's tandem: Angelina Grigoryeva and Tali Kristal.

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io

We’re hiring a CORE and Stone Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economics Education and Inequality. More details and how to apply: tinyco.re/3618199

Meet the Pipeline Team – Part 2: @shayobrien.bsky.social & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social The ISI Pipeline Program @isi-munich.bsky.social connects early-career scholars with established researchers for meaningful exchange that academia often lacks. More tandems coming soon.

What drives the growth of private wealth? Has inequality increased? How does tax policy shape wealth across generations? Now published in Nature-Scientific Data: the data descriptor of the GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse by @stone-lis.bsky.social & Roma Tre University www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meet the Pipeline Team – Part 1! Time for real exchange in academia is rare. The ISI Pipeline Program changes that: an international mentoring fellowship connecting researchers who benefit from each other’s expertise. This week: elenavanstee.bsky.social and samfriedman.bsky.social.

Endlich ist es raus! Unser ARD Radiofeature: „Wie Vermögensungleichheit die Demokratie angreift“. Dazu haben Kristin Langen und ich mit Milliardenerben, Unternehmer:innen, Lobbyisten und Expert:innen gesprochen: Welchen Einfluss hat Geld auf politische Strukturen? www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:...

Podcast: Überreichtum – Wie Vermögensungleichheit Demokratie angreift

Vermögen ist in Deutschland extrem ungleich verteilt – mit Folgen für Politik und Demokratie. Das ARD-Radiofeature geht der Frage nach, wie Vermögende ganz legal politischen Einfluss ausüben können. G...

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Looking for accessible, high-quality, carefully-documented data on wealth #inequalities, levels, composition, and trends? Explore the GC Wealth Project. The extensive data can be visualized and/or downloaded. @stone-lis.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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Using the GC Wealth Project’s data infrastructure, you can compare estimates across countries, data sources, and over time. Explore the GC Wealth Project database 👉 wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu

+++ Die Wahl des RatSWD rückt näher 🗳️ +++ 📊 Sie sind noch nicht für die Wahl des RatSWD registriert? Dann tragen Sie sich jetzt ins Wählerverzeichnis ein! 📝

We are looking for a new office manager! Come and work with a fun and dynamic team in beautiful Munich. Applications due by March 1, 2026 job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers? Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section. @asa-ipm.bsky.social

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers? Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section. @asa-ipm.bsky.social

I hope you can make it to @christinajcross.bsky.social's talk and our discussion in Munich on Jan 23. To get excited about it, check out the video we produced with her when she was still working on the book: youtu.be/KrYcxuqALW0?... Get your ticket through this link: doo.net/veranstaltun...

Inequality Studio Sessions: Christina Cross

YouTube video by Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics

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Real utopias? Yes, please! Our colleague @lenaradau.bsky.social talks about her important research: www.lmu.de/de/die-lmu/s...

Reale Utopien: Vom Wunschdenken zur Wirklichkeit

Wohnen neu gedacht: Lena Radau erforscht in ihrer Doktorarbeit alternative Formen des Zusammenlebens – und will eine Brücke schlagen zwischen Utopie und Realität.

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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

First ISI Wealth Conference ✅ Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas. My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪 Thanks to everyone for making it a success!

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research@isi-munich.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social proved that he is not only an expert on inequality but also on precision craftsmanship by successfully tapping a keg at the Hofbräuhaus. The crowd cheered as the first golden drops flowed, sealing what can only be described as his official Bavarian citizenship ceremony.

Day 3 #isimunich #ISIWealthConference

Much work got done yesterday in 12 sessions and many discussions. Today will be our experimental day, featuring a panel discussion, interactive exercise, and excursion. That is, assuming that people found their way back from the Hofbräuhaus yesterday evening! 👀 #ISIWealthConference2025 #isimunich

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research@isi-munich.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Day 2. #ISIWealtheConference2025 #isimunich

What a treat, in every sense of the word, to be in Munich for the #isiwealthconference2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social

I know I am in the right place when it is annoyingly hard to decide which parallel session to attend. Looking forward to another day of that type of anguish. So much excellent work in the pipeline! #isiwealthconference2025

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research@isi-munich.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Day 1. #isiwealthconference2025 #isimunich

🎤Morgen ist unsere Kollegin Marliese Weißmann mit einem Vortrag über Vermögenstransfer & #Ungleichheit bei der ISI Wealth Conference 2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social dabei: t1p.de/9dud2 Wir wünschen spannende Diskussionen und gute Vernetzung! #isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research@isi-munich.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Did you see? Our program is live. Don‘t miss the ISI Wealth Conference 2025: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Our associate professor Lina Aldén presenting a project on "Prenuptial Agreements and Economic Gender Equality" at @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 #ISIWealthConference2025