Gijs Westra
@gijsw4.bsky.social
Forever explaining how to pronounce my name - PhD in Human Geography - Talk to me about neighbourhoods, mobility, and well-being
Tragedy of the Stack Overflow commons... A great article on the negative effects of LLMs on the development and maintenance of open source software. by Sam Learner
Hannah Frick@frick.ws · 3w ago> “Our findings frame AI slop as a tragedy of the commons,” the researchers concluded, “where individual productivity gains externalise costs on to reviewers, maintainers and the broader community.” The newer gift link: as.ft.com/r/cb395b74-8...
Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed of authoring one of the 10% most viewed articles in Population, Space and Place among works published in 2024. Now, I can say that dream has come true!
While Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities. 👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB AND THEN I FOUND A JOB AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
Please sign and share this petition. I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍 #Geography #SchoolClosure c.org/Z2ZK6fQVgf
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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‼️New publication out! Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being
Visited Gimo Herrgård to discuss Segregation research, beyond academia. Amazing talks and discussions. Happy to have met Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder.
Had a nice time presenting some preliminary work on residential mobility reproducing patterns of ethnic segregation at @rgsibg.bsky.social and BSPS. Thanks everybody for their questions and feedback!
At #RGSIBG25 today? Make sure to check out the fantastic set of presentations lined up at @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social's early career session I'm co-hosting with @fangyuanli.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40 #quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
Thrilled to share my first publication! 🎉 Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)
The Spatial Determinants of Academic Aspirations: Evidence From Sweden
Differences in access to higher education are a well-known contributor to socioeconomic inequalities. Yet, despite considerable interest from policymakers, we know little about the processes linking ...
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Doktorander som varit fyra år i Sverige kan söka om permanent uppehållstillstånd. Men de får ofta avslag, för efter fyra år som doktorand har man inte så lång anställningstid kvar, och då anses man inte ha varaktig försörjning.
≋t≋h≋o≋m≋a≋s≋@tomturnip.bsky.social · last yr.Det går bra nu. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/inva....
Quite a strong final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description."
Toni Rodon@tonirodon.bsky.social · last yr.Local reactions to wolf attacks in Germany are not powerful enough to influence the election decisions of many voters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber Howard
The city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrived, says social-policy researcher Amber Howard
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This is 10-12 tenure-track assistant professors’ salaries at many places. A whole academic program’s worth of money, pissed away, In Times of Austerity, on rent-a-cops going after students who dared speak. Nobody behind this should have a career.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last yr.The University of Michigan spent $800,000 hiring private investigators--one of whom FAKED A DISABILITY--to surveil anti-genocide protesting students. I'm speechless. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Last Wednesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden", and have therefore completed my PhD in Human Geography!
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word
apologies to american pope i was not familiar with your game
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.An old X post from the new Pope is making the rounds:
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social! We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
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I wrote a short and simple thing. Lots of graphs and cartoons: profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl... I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.
Below replacement fertility is fine
Fewer people is a good thing
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Vi var många som undrade var regeringens plötsliga intresse för "existentiell hälsa" kom ifrån häromsistens. Nu minns jag plötsligt att statsministerns hustru driver verksamhet inom just "existentiell hälsa" på den herrgård hon fått av en friskolelobbyist 🤷 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4o...
Ulf Kristersson säljer sitt sommarhus – frun köper herrgård för ”existentiell hälsa”
Ulf Kristersson ska sälja sitt sommarhus vid Mälaren. Statsministern kommer istället äga ett hus på hustrun Birgitta Eds nya herrgård – som hon köper med konsu
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Had a good time presenting my posters at #paa2025 ! Thanks to everybody for stopping by and you questions
far-right politicians HATE this one weird trick (simply prosecuting them for the serious crimes they are all constantly committing)
Reviewer 1... my beloved... my guardian angel Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥
Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · last yr.👋 @gijsw4.bsky.social and I are pleased to be welcoming submissions to our proposed @rgsibg.bsky.social session sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social in collab w/ PopGeogRG! 🌏💫 We are excited to receive your work utilising innovative spatial methods or spatial data! Check out the details below 👇
Last week to apply!
Ruth Neville@ruthneville20.bsky.social · last yr.🌏Work with spatial methods or spatial data? 📈 🌍 Interested in the intersection of population research and geospatial methods? 🧐 There are just under two weeks to submit to our session at @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference⏰ ! Feel free to reach out with any questions, we'd love to hear from you!
