I am hiring! A postdoctoral position (100%, 3 years, renewable) is available at the University of Potsdam. The successful candidate will contribute to research on education and the life course and to teaching. Application deadline: August 15, 2026. See: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/socedlico...

We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility: • depends heavily on the transparency of materials • high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects

📢 interesting opportunity for social/political scientists using Swiss survey data: call for question contributions for the 2026 MOSAiCH edition, topic: "the role of government" 👇 Deadline for proposals: 21 April 2025.

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⬇️ Contribute to the MOSAiCH Survey 2026: Call for Question Proposals ⬇️ 🗓️ Submission deadline: Monday, April 21, 2025 Researchers are invited to propose…

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📣SLLS 2025 CONFERENCE - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Life Course Transitions and Patterns: Stronger Evidence for Better Policies University of Fribourg, Switzerland / 8-10 September We look forward to receiving your submissions! 😀 Submission Deadline: 14/03/25 www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr...

New study by LIFE faculty @kasparburger.bsky.social and LIFE fellow Francesca Mele!

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A new study by @kasparburger.bsky.social and Francesca Mele et al. finds that parents' self-direction at work fosters an intrinsic orientation toward work in children, which in turn promotes educational attainment and self-direction in children’s own careers. Read more🔗: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...