My son Eemil is about to begin his studies at Rotterdam Business School this autumn. If you know someone in the region who needs a trusty tenant, please let me known! Anything in a commutable range would definitely be fine, Eemil has already extended his search to Delft, Gouda and Dordrecht.
Henrik Dobewall
@hdobewall.bsky.social
Crossing disciplinary borders of psychology, social sciences, and molecular genetics to answer why people do good and feel well. Life course, intergenerational transmission, gene-environment interactions, siblings. Finnish genetically-informed registers
How often do older parents and adult children stay in touch across Europe, and how geographically close are they to one another? These were the starting questions of our new paper w/ @marco16.bsky.social @valeriabordone.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4tcc8z2b
Older parent–adult child contact and proximity across Europe: New evidence, digital communication, and measurement issues
AbstractObjectives. We aim to provide updated, comparative evidence on the prevalence of frequent (face-to-face, telephone, and digital) contact and close
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A unique job opportunity to work on some of the most exciting genomic datasets in the world!
The Computational and Statistical Genomics Group led by @srubinacci.bsky.social at FIMM, together with @finngen.bsky.social project, is looking for a Genomics Data Analyst with skills to ensure that our WGS and WES data are harmonized & analysis-ready. Apply here: 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
📢I'm setting up a new team at the @humantechnopole in Milan. We have several openings in AI applied to nationwide health data, biobank-scale -omics. Milan is a beautiful city and at @humantechnopole is top notch. You can find post-doc positions here: careers.humantechnopole.it/job/Postdoc/...
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We need a way for saying AI was involved. Like "I machine translated a text". "I vibe coded something digital", gets close to it. Alternatively, I may just say/write "Aye" did something. Because I & aye are both pronounced as "ei" :-) while while Aye implies AI acknowledged and executed a command.
This short THL news piece about the MEDIG project is also available in English. Just change the language setting :-)
💃🏼 Akatemiahankkeeni päättyi viime syksynä. Hieno kokonaisuus, jota oli hauska tehdä huippukollegojen kanssa. Moni työpaperi odottaa vielä vertaisarviointia, mutta paljon on tehty. Tässä THL uutinen: thl.fi/-/sosioekono... #mielenterveys #eriarvoisuus
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Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
A significant health burden was imposed by mental disorders in all countries and territories in 2023, irrespective of the health resources available. In some instances, this burden has increased over ...
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First output of my 2 months stay at Amsterdam UMC linked to our MEDIG and SOSE projects at THL/ @invest-flagship.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so... A cohort profile of our genetically informed register data / tutorial for using polygenic scores carefully when predicting health and social outcomes.
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❗️EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc will demand limits on Russia’s armed forces if negotiations over Ukraine begin. She also said the EU will demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova and Georgia. #Russia
The populations in East&West Germany were far from being randomly selected groups: 1. the later border is already visible in pre-WWII data 2. WWII & the subsequent occupying forces affected East & West differently 3. a selective fifth fled from East 2 West Germany before the building of the Wall
are you familiar with this terrific paper in the JEP by @essobecker.bsky.social @lukasmergele.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Just sumbitted our poster to print for the @essgn.bsky.social conference 2026 Bologna. Really looking forward to presenting it at the most beautiful location known to me!
💡Uudessa työpaperissa Jukka Laaksosen ja @hdobewall.bsky.social kanssa tutkimme, miten pääsy 2. asteen koulutukseen vaikuttaa nuorten mielenterveyteen. osf.io/preprints/so... @invest-flagship.bsky.social #koulutus #mielenterveys
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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!
This is a multilayered but fascinating report on AI, war, dealing with loss, propaganda, and escape into an alternate reality. yle.fi/a/74-20224430
Näin toimii tekoälybisnes: kuolleet venäläissotilaat jättävät jäähyväisiä läheisilleen
Tekoälyvideot kaatuneista venäläissotilaista kaupallistavat surun ja tukevat Kremlin sankarikuvastoa.
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Strange mix of findings,if you use AI in funding proposals, then you likely higher your chances of funding (unclear if reviewers used them too). Then the same scientists publish more (likely with the help of AI). The quality of the output is however lower than excellent. Publish fewer better papers!
AI Is Changing Who Wins Research Grants: niinstitute.kellogg.northwestern.edu/press/ai-is-...
AI Is Changing Who Wins Research Grants: niinstitute.kellogg.northwestern.edu/press/ai-is-...
AI Is Changing Who Wins Research Grants
A new study from the Northwestern Innovation Institute finds that proposals showing stronger signs of AI-assisted writing were more likely to receive support from the National Institutes of Health,…
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The Finnish #Environmental Institute @syke.fi - where I work - published a great #policy brief "Comprehensive #security is founded on a good state of the #environment." I wholeheartedly agree. #Economy, society, even #war are fully owned subsidiaries of the environment. www.syke.fi/en/comprehen...
Comprehensive security is founded on a good state of the environment
Climate change, biodiversity loss and the crossing of tipping points in the Earth System are among the most serious security risks in the coming decades.(1) A deteriorating environment weakens people’...
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Sweden transformed school meals from a simple welfare policy to a school meals mission, providing an example of “sandboxing” green industrial strategy in a way that is both cross-sectoral and inter-ministerial.
Free School Meals in Sweden: More than the food on the plate
Authored by Dan Hill and Mariana Mazzucato
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“Genes Linked to Educational Attainment & Adult SES Across Birth Cohorts”: @hdobewall.bsky.social, @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social et al. examine whether genetic endowment for high education is assoc. with subsequent socioeconomic outcomes. @invest-flagship.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Finally out in Demography! Our study combines INVEST register data and Young Finns Study to study socioeconomic research questions in Finland. @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @pbockerman.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Nature's Curriculum: Genes Linked to Educational Attainment and Adult Socioeconomic Status Across Birth Cohorts in a Nordic Welfare State | Demography | Duke University Press
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Thinking about this more, the 2 and 3 year bans are real career killers… who’d hire a tenure track candidate, or an (associate) professor that has one of those hanging around their necks?
The number of grant applications is rising sharply. Our capacity for their evaluation isn’t. ERC President Maria Leptin explains why stricter resubmission limits are being introduced for 2027 calls and what they mean for applicants. 🔗 link.europa.eu/xF7kjc
What does the MSCA application process really look like in practice? Mar Facchini and Mijail Figueroa González share their own experiences of applying for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funding, from first ideas to funded projects at INVEST. #researchfunding blogit.utu.fi/invest/2026/...
Applying a grant – the process behind GROW and INSEQU projects
Mar Facchini & Mijail Figueroa González Thirty years ago, the European Commission launched its flagships funding scheme for PhD students and early-career researchers, honouring the legacy of a woman w...
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GDP is a bad way to measure wealth, and it doesn't take a lot into account, including happiness or nature. An example if GB would join US is would be the poorest state by a margin. But on results on things that matter are different class. What would you prefer?
The @wellcometrust.bsky.social has opened a new funding opportunity for UK-based research teams to evaluate the mental health impacts of potential digital technology and social media restriction policies for children and young people. Check it out here: wellcome.org/mental-healt... 🧵1/2
Evaluating the mental health impact of online technology restrictions | Wellcome
We’re inviting UK-based research teams to carry out timely evaluations of online technology restriction measures, particularly social media, for young people.
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I love me an article that pushes back on low fertility panic by talking to demographers like @karenguzzo.bsky.social and @philipncohen.com. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
Women in Their 20s May Not Be Having Babies, but by 45 Most Probably Will
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