❗New paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! With @jochemvannoord.eu, @bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social, we investigate the education effect on political trust from a global perspective – and how this depends on the schooled society and sector of employment. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

We’re hiring a PhD Researcher for a project on education-based social identities! Full-time scholarship, start Sept/Oct 2025. Apply by June 22 via jobs.vub.be. More information is available here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/join-bris...

New paper 🏫! We present the Schooled Society Index: a multidimensional indicator that maps cross-national differences in the centrality of schooling on a global scale. Written with @bramspruyt.bsky.social and @tkupp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2378... Data is publicly available: osf.io/49xy5/

🏫 How central is schooling in your country? In their new #Socius study, Drs. Kavadias, @bramspruyt.bsky.social & @tkupp.bsky.social introduce the Schooled Society Index—a global measure of how #education acts as a force of #institutionalization and #stratification. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...