Iván Szelényi (1938-2026), a towering figure in sociology, one of the finest global intellectuals Hungary and Eastern Europe has ever produced, has died. Rest in peace and solidarity. 1/6
Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥
@hermwerf.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at the #EUI, Florence. Works on education & social stratification. Posts r personal. @eui-sps.bsky.social Substack/blogs: https://hermwerf.substack.com/ Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=amYIKXQAAAAJ&hl=nl
It’s AI transparency day. From today 🇪🇺’s transparency rules apply so you know when you are dealing with an AI system Infographic: AP 🇳🇱
Just arriving at Pisa airport. There was a sign directing travelers arriving from Spain to a separate desk.
Using German SOEP 2014-2024…concern about immigration accounts for 75% of variation in AfD support and 90% of variation in voting behaviour. “Therefore, variables that measure deprivation explain comparatively little.” @martinschroeder.bsky.social ! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party are concerned about immigration rather than feeling deprived
Is concern about immigration sufficient to account for the increasing success of Germany’s right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)? Or does socio-economic deprivation also matter? ...
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Discovered that the @theguardian.com discussed our research with @thijsbol.bsky.social, on vocational education, yeeeaars ago. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Snobbery about vocational education is denying our children opportunities
Could Michael Gove's Ebacc subjects lead to worse youth unemployment?
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#Sociology has been in the news a lot lately. A new piece just dropped in @wsj.com, featuring some comments from me. Per usual, they only used a few sentences from the hour+ conversation. Let me to expand a bit below. tldr: my answer to the titular question is an emphatic "no"🧵
High-performing teachers transferring to schools with many disadvantaged students remain more effective in the new environment (although total effectiveness is also shaped by the student population as one would expect).
Matthew A Kraft@matthewakraft.com · 2w agoTake 1 minute to read this intuitive and incisive review of our study on the portability of teacher effectiveness by @nctq.bsky.social's Sarah Almy. Beautiful policy writing in my opinion. www.nctq.org/research-ins...
📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history
Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Assistant Professor in Social Inequality
Are you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor!
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💡🚨 We’re seeking a Postdoc for a project on the socio-economic factors driving youth hacking & cybercrime! We’re looking for someone with a strong mixed-methods background in cybercrime, criminology, sociology, education or related fields. Apply ➡️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Did major Dutch education reforms reduce inequality? At ORD 2026, Carla Haelermans presented LEARN research showing that despite reforms since 1968, the strong link between social origin & outcomes persists today. Policy brief soon! #LEARNIneq #EdResearch
"Is Income Inequality on the Rise Everywhere?" Reviewing evidence from 138 countries, this new WP argues that two facts coexist: income inequality remains unacceptably high in many countries, yet from 2000 to 2020 inequality was more often declining or stable than increasing. bit.ly/3T4weOQ
Nina Simone’s concert at Montreux on TV. Power, passion, and pain, great concert. And to understand true liberalism, listen to her ‘I wish I knew how it would feel to be free’.
Tate Modern is literally full of artists who want to challenge the conventions of art making 🤓
Half a day in London to get our train back to Amsterdam. (And to eat fantastic Vietnamese)
I wonder if the Welsh root for England or, like me, Norway, tonight in the pub in Tenby (beautiful beach town by the way)
Who would have thought it would be 29C in Wales??
Weet je nog dat we in Nederland een prachtig referendum hadden over de zogenaande sleepwet? Onder aanvoering van christendemocraten probeert de EU dat nu op snode wijze door te voeren. NL steun komt van VVD, CDA en SGP. Mail je Europarlementariërs: fightchatcontrol.eu#contact-tool
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
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Assistant professorship in political science at the @eui-sps.bsky.social! Come and work with us. www.eui.eu/About/JobOpp...
Open competitions for academic posts
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Ik ben benieuwd of die #Tulpfonds wetenschappers een helder beeld hebben van de onderwijsinzet aan Nederlandse universiteiten.
