Tessera
Folgen

Alessandro Ferrara

@ferraraale.bsky.social

Postdoc at @wzb.bsky.social & @einsteinberlin.bsky.social | PhD in Sociology at @eui-eu.bsky.social | Social stratification, migration, education and health

7 Posts287 Follower387 Folgt
Tae Kyeong Meixner-Yun@taekyeong.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy to share our working paper on the emergence, challenges & sustainability of refugee-led orgs in Europe! We also released the survey data as an open-access resource and built an interactive platform for orgs to connect. Huge thanks to the participating orgs & co-authors! tinyurl.com/7txpnhpt

Repository of Refugee-Led Organisations in Europe - Migration Policy Centre

This repository is a database that maps and amplifies the work of organisations led by forcibly displaced and stateless persons across Europe

tinyurl.com

David Brady@davebrady72.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We’d like to believe that effort matters to what we attain in life. In fact our belief in meritocracy depends on that. But what if how much effort people spend itself depends on your social background? “The Social Origins of Effort: How Incentives Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities among Children”

Bild
Fabrizio Bernardi@fabriberna.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents? Short answer: yes 1/2 academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands? The withering performance and advantage of their children

Abstract. Extensive research has examined the effect of educational expansion in one cohort on educational inequality and occupational returns in that same

academic.oup.com

Paolo Crosetto@paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Bild
Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year.
Maria Hornung@mariahornung.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 New paper out! How do partnership constellations relate to poverty in Germany? Together with @emstruffolino.bsky.social, we examine different-sex partnerships and how low education and non-employment cluster, distinguishing non-migrants, descendants of migrants, and EU vs. non-EU migrants.

Bild
Journal of Family Research@familyresearch.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#Published: "Partnership constellation and poverty beyond the migrant/ non-migrant dichotomy: An exploratory, gendered analysis in Germany" by @mariahornung.bsky.social & @emstruffolino.bsky.social (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography

Gaia Ghirardi@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

Gaia Ghirardi@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social · 11mo ago

First single-author pub out in SSM! It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️ OA: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/5

The development of body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: A genotype-family socioeconomic status interaction study

Body weight in adolescence and adulthood may result from the interplay between individuals’ genetic characteristics and the social context in which th…

sciencedirect.com

Martin Neugebauer@neugebauer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New paper in Social Science & Medicine: We test the psychological costs of intergenerational social mobility using German panel data. Findings suggest costs stem from pre-existing vulnerabilities, not mobility itself. Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Testing the Psychological Costs of Intergenerational Social Mobility: Evidence from a German Panel Study

This study investigates the psychological costs of intergenerational social mobility, focusing on both upward and downward mobility. While prior resea…

sciencedirect.com

Fabrizio Bernardi@fabriberna.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"The geography of tertiary education inequality in EU" just out in @europeansocieties.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and Ilaria Lievore An outcome of the mapineq.eu project

The geography of tertiary education inequality in Europe: a within- and cross-country analysis over time

Abstract. In this article we study differences in levels of educational inequality across European countries and regions. We address two research questions. First, we ask whether educational inequalit...

direct.mit.edu

Ana Catalano Weeks@anacweeks.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load 📄 European Sociological Review doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019 @europeansocreview.bsky.social What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

doi.org

Lenka Dražanová@lenkadrazanova.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New article out! With @sedovicmicha.bsky.social we look at not just how the majority thinks about immigration, but also what (first and second generation) migrants' attitudes are Full piece in European Journal of Population: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #migration #socialcohesion #europe

Migrant and Non-migrant Views on Immigration in Europe - European Journal of Population

Attitudes toward immigration are usually investigated from the non-migrant residents’ perspective. Much less is known about how perceptions of immigration policy and immigrants vary across immigration...

doi.org

Arno Van Hootegem 🌱@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · last yr.

How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors? To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding. We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!

Social origins and socioeconomic outcomes: a combined twin and adoption study

Abstract. Parents and children tend to have similar socioeconomic status (SES). Sociological theory has often emphasized the role of social mechanisms in i

academic.oup.com

Gaia Ghirardi@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis! Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children? → When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA@readdemography.bsky.social · last yr.

“SES, Genes & Differential Effects of Parental Separation on Educational Attainment”: @fabriberna.bsky.social & @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social find the largest penalty for “high-SES students whose parents separate is…among those w/ a low PGI EA.” @eui-eu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Gaia Ghirardi@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social · last yr.

New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174 👇🧵

Fabrizio Bernardi@fabriberna.bsky.social · last yr.

Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR! Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...