Maren Toft
@marentoft.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, uni Oslo. Relational sociology, class analysis, urban inequality, elite studies, 🍉
My book, Streaming privilege. How television teaches us to accept inequality, is now out! Mixing elite sociology and cultural studies, I aim at unpacking our desire for luxury topics. The book is OA, so you may read it at @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526190055/
Manchester University Press - Streaming privilege
Streaming privilege - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Streaming privilege by Hanna Kuusela
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‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
«Det finnes ingen plussmennesker og minusmennesker.Likevel har vi allerede akseptert noe av premisset idet vi begynner å svare med å liste opp alle norskpakistanere som har gjort landet rikere, klokere, morsommere, vakrere.Som om menneskeverd må dokumenteres med prestasjoner» @sumayali.bsky.social
Rasismen er særlig brutal når den ikke bare retter seg mot de av oss som er her, men mot dem som ennå ikke finnes - Filter Nyheter
Når en politisk rådgiver i Frp sier at pakistanere ikke bør få barn, er det ikke bare en stygg kommentar, men en forestilling om fremtiden.
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From @martesaga.bsky.social and @marentoft.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.uio.no/forskning/fo...
Norges økonomiske eliter har mer politisk makt enn vi er klar over - Forskningsnytt
Vi har en tendens til å tro at vi er likestilte i Norge, og at alle har like muligheter. Men selvbildet stemmer ikke. Makt flyttes og bevares på toppen av samfunnet. Det foregår gjerne ubemerket, i de...
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Really impressed again by the combination of deep discussions and good vibes at this year's @bjsociology.bsky.social conference, including fantastic work by @marentoft.bsky.social, @magneflemmen.bsky.social, @vladimirbortun.bsky.social, @sachahilhorst.bsky.social & @salomeietter.bsky.social
«This archive is produced to honor and commemorate teachers and researchers in higher edu murdered in Gaza during the genocide perpetrated by Israel and its patrons, esp the US. They were members of the global intellectual community, and we are all impoverished by the loss of their contributions»
Rebecca Ruth Gould@rrgould.bsky.social · 4mo agoAn online archive honoring the Palestinian scholars, teachers, and university researchers martyred in Gaza during the genocide rememberinggazascholars.org
Two more days to apply!
Nora Waitkus@norawaitkus.bsky.social · 6mo ago💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸
Det er mer interessant å forsøke å forstå hvorfor Epstein ønsket en relasjon til Mette-Marit, enn å spekulere i hennes motiver. Som min kollega Mikael Holmqvist har påpekt, har monarker en særegen «royal touch». Det er konsekrering, ikke først og fremst flørting, som er graverende @morgenbladet.no
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Det kritikkverdige ved Mette-Marits kontakt med Jeffrey Epstein, er ikke den flørtende tonen, mener sosiolog Maren Toft, men at hun har skjenket Epstein et stykke symbolsk kapital.
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Palantir har ingenting å gjøre i den norske staten. Denne tråden er virkelig god i å avkle galskapen. På høy tid at norske politikere spisser ører til Maja Van Der Velden www.nrk.no/norge/reager...
Reagerer på Norges forhold til Palantir
Teknologien er basert på at vi ikke lenger har demokratisk kontroll, mener professor. Nå jobber Palantir for å bedre inntrykket av selskapet i Norge.
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John Skiles Skinner@skiles.blue · 6mo agoA manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today. Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
From June 14th to 19th 2026 the 3rd edition of the summer school on "Elites, Power and Inequality" will take place at the University of Lausanne. Program and registration here: www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... Deadline is 1st April 2026.
«If imperialism is driven by oligarchic power, then oligarchic power must be confronted. Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires.»
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 7mo agoAmerica in 2026: 34 people control 12% of the income. gzucman.substack.com/p/standing-u...
We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites! It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov. You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
Me and @runestahl.bsky.social are hiring a future PhD fellow to study climate and class www.cbs.dk/om-cbs/job-o...
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 9mo ago
Det er ikke «apolitisk» å investere i selskaper som er uetiske. Det eneste «apolitiske» man kan gjøre er å ha etiske retningslinjer (uavhengig av strenghet) som man håndhever likt helt uavhengig av hvilke selskaper som bryter dem.
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10. This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 9mo agoWe have had surveys that have shown us exactly this in the UK, France, the EU etc for many years What we need to ask ourselves is why have journalists, politicians, academics etc chosen to focus on surveys that hype immigration This is what I explore here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%. And the gap is growing. Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
📣 Submit your abstract for the British Journal of Sociology Conference by Monday 20 October. There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology. Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
New book hitting the shelves today "Climate & Class: How to Keep the Climate Fight from Becoming a Culture War", with @chellersgaard.bsky.social and Andreas Mulvad.
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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This is a fantastic project. So well deserved!
Nora Waitkus@norawaitkus.bsky.social · 11mo ago🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu! 📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors). 🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
The International Association of Genocide Scholars has passed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. Read the resolution here genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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Mikkel Flohr@mflohr.bsky.social · last yr.Don't turn your back. All eyes on Gaza.
In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
With an election looming, will politicians finally listen to the majority who want to divest from Israeli arms companies, asks Oslo academic Sindre Bangstad
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
