How do nature, nurture, and their interplay drive inequality? 🧬🧠💰 New PhD position in social science genetics at @amsterdamumc.bsky.social and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Your supervisors will be: Titus Galama, Aysu Okbay, and me. Apply by 21 July: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph... Please share!

🚨New in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... Genetic principal components (PCs) are commonly used to adjust for population stratification in genetic studies. In this paper, we quantify how much direct genetic signal is lost when using these “catch-all” adjustments. 🧵

Quantifying direct genetic signal captured by principal component adjustment | PNAS

Contemporary genomic studies of complex traits, such as genome-wide association studies and polygenic index (PGI) analyses, frequently include the ...

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What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

PLEASE SHARE: Serious request for a future scientific collaboration. Do I know any historians/sociologists who works with, or love working with historic ego documents. Diaries, letters, notes, etc. Especially those that describe real, or wished for, romantic partners/interests? email me, DM me!

Always energising to engage with cutting-edge work on assortative mating, cross-ancestry prediction, and rare variants at @ESSGN — especially with such a strong cohort of doctoral researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. #Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN

PGI Repository v2.0 preprint out! A 🧵 on the main results and updates @robel-alemu.bsky.social @paturley.bsky.social @alextisyoung.bsky.social

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An Updated Polygenic Index Repository: Expanded Phenotypes, New Cohorts, and Improved Causal Inference https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.653986v1

Come work with me and @dr-appie.bsky.social in Amsterdam!

Abdel Abdellaoui@dr-appie.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Me & @aysuo.bsky.social are hiring a postdoc to study gene–environment interplay in health & social inequalities 🧬 You'll analyze genomic data as part of a collaboration with Uppsala & Oslo at @amsterdamumc.bsky.social (NL) werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures... Please RT for karma points ♥️

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

There are a bunch or brief but well structured research fellowships opening up at the MRC-IEU: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

Interested in using polygenic scores (PGS) in social science or health research? We are running a 2-day intensive short course @stats_UCL with @timtmorris.bsky.social (20–21 April 2026): tinyurl.com/5n6hwyxy. Ideal for all quantitative researcher across Social and Health Sciences! Get started!

Yo #polisky, you don't want to miss this one :)

ESSGN@essgn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Political Science and Genetics, odd bed fellows? Not necessarily! Listen in on this weeks episode of Born and Raised, with Sven Oskarsson, professor of political science at Uppsala university.

In 2035, 50% of the NHS d- patient interactions are supposed to be genetically informed. Festival of genomics and biodata in London.

Welcoming the rising star of sociogenomics in London. Thanks for sharing a meal @furuyashiro.bsky.social @harvard.edu @clscohorts.bsky.social .

@fctropf.bsky.social and I are running a 2-day short course in London on 20/21 April that will provide an introduction to polygenic scores. The course will cover creation of polygenic scores, their strengths and limitations, and ethical issues around their use. Further info at shorturl.at/8gUcu.

I wrote about missing heritability, "missing environmentality," and why I still think twin studies are interesting and valuable: kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/twins-are-...

Twins Are So Much More Interesting Than Heritability Estimates

On starting places, "missing environmentality," and the Waddington landscape of life

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Behavioral, social and health scientists: if you’d like to combine social and genetic data, this is for you: shorturl.at/8gUcu. This course in London features all aspects from data collection to model estimation in our local cohort data - and the incredible @timtmorris.bsky.social as instructor.

Introduction to genetic data analysis in the social, behavioural, and health sciences

This 4-day course will provide social scientists with the knowledge and skills needed to analyse genetic data, critically interpret results, and integrate genetics into their research.

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"Offering genetic predictions for embryos to improve health outcomes latches onto a privatization logic that does exactly the opposite and hence erodes a system based on social equality and solidarity." Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!

Arno Van Hootegem 🌱@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · 9mo ago

There’s a new kid in town! Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence. We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality. With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering. Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...

Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics

Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...

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Nice commentary by @fctropf.bsky.social reflecting on our study on not having sex: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (for full study, see quoted tweet below)

Abdel Abdellaoui@dr-appie.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The largest study on late life virginity, based on >400k individuals, out now in @pnas.org Open access link: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Shoutout to shared first author @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social ❤️ Thread below 👇🏽

Are you a UCL Sociologist? Apply to join UCL Sociology Network's Coordinating Group. Contribute to the Network’s wide-ranging programme of activities and share news of important sociological developments tinyurl.com/2ut5dttz

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Another job alert! Join us @sociologyoxford.bsky.social as a postdoc on @ewabatyra.bsky.social's ERC project. A great three-year position to work in the area of fertility and reproductive behaviour. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues. We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort bit.ly/41EnPmu

🚨NEW PAPER! Together with Wuno Akingbuwa (@wonuola.bsky.social) we developed a way to estimate non-linear genetic correlations. It didnt sit well with us that known non-linear relations (e.g. BMI and MDD with a famous U shaped ) are poorly captured in statistical genetics. 🧵

Thrilled to see our study on GxE, neighborhood and education published in @europeansocreview.bsky.social academic.oup.com/esr/advance-... incredible work by @lauisilva.bsky.social and Tobias Wolfram!

Mind the gap: the interplay between genes and neighbourhood context on educational achievement

Abstract. This article expands on previous research on gene-environment (GxE) effects on socio-economic status, by stepping beyond the family dimension and

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Another incredible opportunity for a faculty position in (socio)genomics @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social: careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...

I am a huge Sam Trejo fan, if you are in London, or able to join remote, and you have the time you should go!

Jenn Dowd@drjenndowd.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are you in London tomorrow? Come see the amazing Sam Trejo & discuss #biosocial science w/ me & @emiliecourtin.bsky.social We'd love to see you in person but also available as a hybrid event, details here: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/E... #popsky #episky #genetics

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.

The Research Group on Health and Longevity led by Marc Luy at the Vienna Institute of Demography is hiring!!! This is the coolest group and institute you will have the opportunity to work at! Plus, it's on beautiful Vienna. Apply!!! www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/about/ne...

3 vacancies in the Health & Longevity research group

Join us - We offer one postdoc and two PhD positions in the Research Group on Health and Longevity.

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